Representatives of progressive organisations took out a protest march in Hassan on Monday urging the State Government to cancel the textbooks review committee headed by Rohith Chakratirtha and continue with the books finalised by the previous committee.
The protesters took out a march from the office of Kannada Sahitya Parishat building on Salagame Road to the Deputy Commissioner’s office, where they submitted a memorandum, addressed to the Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai.
The protesters said the revision of textbooks should be stopped immediately. The committee headed by Mr. Rohit Chakratirtha should be dissolved. The government should continue the textbooks finalised by the committee headed by Baragur Ramachandrappa.
