GUWAHATI: Assam Government has spent Rs 2.40 crore to buy 4000 sets of complete works of RSS thinker and co-Founder of Jan Sangh Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay for the public libraries across the state.
Each of the set, of Deen Dayal Upadhay, consists of 15 volumes, which is in Hindi and published by a Delhi Publication House.
The move has created controversy among the people of Assam.
Several people have raised disappointment on the move. According to them, placing books related to Deendayal Upadhyay in public libraries is a futile attempt. "Assam Govt should have focussed more on the personalities from Assam. There are so many people who have made an extensive contribution to the state."
On the other hand, there are also people who think this move will not make any impact on the society. Kasturi Hazarika, a resident of Guwahati, speaking to G Plus said, "Personally I am not bothered about this. I'd have considered it wrong if the government would have included these as textbooks. But now that these books will only be placed in public libraries, it is completely up to the readers if they would want to read the books or not."
It is to be mentioned that Jadav Payeng, the Forest Man of Assam, was recently mentioned an environment textbook of Maharashtra School Board whereas his contributions yet did not find any mention in any textbook of Assam.
