BJP Govt Asks Varsities to Plan Activities Around Phule's Life, Critics Say Move is For Political Gains
28 September 2025 | The Wire
Barely a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced in his Independence Day speech that the government would park the 200th birth anniversary of social reformer Jyotiba Phule, a central government organisation has asked as many as 24 universities to plan activities around Phule’s life, legacy and values, reported The Telegraph.
The move, ahead of the crucial Bihar assembly elections, is significant also because the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), have not been quite known for backing the reformist ideals of either Jyotiba Phule or his educationist wife Savitribai Phule…