Must read for Madhya Pradesh students — an RSS magazine

The magazine will cost the exchequer Rs 1.5 crore. The School Education department had last week issued a circular to Block Resource Coordinators asking them to ensure prompt delivery to schools. The periodical will register a quantum jump in its circulation with each of the government primary schools getting two copies.

“We haven’t made any changes in the content. It’s a regular issue like the previous ones,” the publication’s managing editor Vikas Dave told The Indian Express.

When the BJP government mooted the proposal last year,officials in the Education department had raised concerns as a major chunk of fund under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to get children to read books was being diverted towards paying annual subscription of Devputra.

Education Minister Archana Chitnis had,however,said,“There’s nothing wrong in prescribing good literature for students.”

The Congress has termed the exercise as “saffronisation of school students”,alleging that the magazine usually serves to reinforce the core ideology of the RSS. Congress spokesman Pramod Gugalia called it a conspiracy to expose students to RSS ideology.