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| Party forces Sibal to eat some |
| Party forces Sibal to eat some of his bold words
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| INDIA
, 1-July-2009
3:49:48 AM |
| While BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Chhattisgarh have come out in support of Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal’s educational reforms proposals including optional Class X board examinations and a uniform board for the entire country, the minister is isolated within his own party. At least five Congress-ruled states — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Assam — have expressed reservations against his proposals. Many have also raised concerns about the Foreign University Bill whose passage is on Sibal’s priority list.
Under attack from within the party, Sibal today signalled a retreat, saying that he will not be “pushing down (these proposals) anybody’s throat” and will be calling all “stakeholders” for a “dialogue” in the coming weeks. Claiming he was not “going back” on his commitments, Sibal told reporters that while he was not in a hurry, some of the reactions seemed to have been in a hurry. For now, he would seek to carry forward his initiatives only in the CBSE board.
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