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Declare computer language anti-national : AAP mocks Smriti Irani on Sanskrit in IIT

by IBNS 26 Apr 2016, 06:52 am

New Delhi, Apr 26 (IBNS) Reacting sharply to Union Minister Smriti Irani's "request" to IITs to teach Sanskrit, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has mockingly said now computer language should be declared "anti-national".

his comment came in tweets.

Irani, the Education Minister, told Parliament on Monday  that IITs have been asked to teach Sanskrit to facilitate the study of science and technology as reflected in its literature.

She cited the report of a panel that had suggested that IITs "may facilitate study of science and technology as reflected in Sanskrit literature along with inter-disciplinary study of Sanskrit and modern subjects."

This has been strongly opposed by the parties like the Left and Congress, who see in the move an attempt to  sneak in the agenda of the RSS.

"Why only Sanskrit? Why not Tamil? It's the RSS agenda and the government is working on it. The government should take Parliament into confidence as this is a policy matter,"  Left parliamentarian D Raja argued.

Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said: "I don't think an IIT engineer will need Sanskrit in his profession. It is not right to force something like this."