The Kerala government has rejected the University Grants Commission’s draft curriculum framework, citing serious concerns about the “imposition of ideologically driven content under the guise of Indian knowledge system”, The Indian Express reported on Friday.

In August, the commission had released the draft framework for nine subjects and invited public feedback.

Kerala’s Higher Education Minister R Bindu described the draft as “regressive, unscientific and aligned with the ideological interests of the Sangh Parivar”, India Today reported.

The Sangh Parivar is a term used to describe a collective of Hindutva organisations linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the parent organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Bindu specifically highlighted that themes such as “Ra

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