NCM to vet references

The NCERT has agreed to get its textbook references to minority faiths vetted by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) before their publication, the NCM vice-chairman, Mr. Tirlochan Singh, told UNI today.

The NCM today held a meeting with an NCERT team led by its director, Prof. J.S. Rajput, in the wake of complaints from Sikh leaders that a history book for class XI carried matter that was allegedly insulting to the ninth Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur, he said.

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