Khushbu Sundar also clarified that she was not joining the BJP (File)
New Delhi:
National Congress spokesperson Khushbu Sundar praised the Centre’s new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and apologized to party leader Rahul Gandhi for his different stance from the party.
While the actor-politician insists that she “would rather say the fact than be a nodding robot or a puppet, the state unit of” Congress “criticized her for broadcasting his opinions in the open, claiming that it was “indiscipline” and that the big old party was ready to discuss “any controversial issue” in its forums.
As speculation mounted that the actor might leave Congress and join rival BJP after his welcome of NEP 2020, Ms. Sundar clarified “I’m not budging” for the party.
“NewEducationPolicy2020 A welcome gesture,” she said on Twitter on Thursday with a “thumbs up” image, much to the surprise of many of her followers accustomed to her critical comments against the ruling NDA on various issues.
“My stance on # NEP2020 differs from my party n I apologize to @RahulGandhi ji for this, but I’m talking more about being a nodding robot or a puppet. Everything is not in agreement with your leader, but to be courageous to express your opinion with courage as a citizen, ”she said in another tweet.
By hosting the NEP 2020, speculation was abuzz about her possible membership in the BJP, which she flatly rejected.
“I’m not moving to BJP. My opinion might be different from my party’s, but I’m a self-thinking person. Yes # NEP2020 is scratched and flawed in some places, but I still think we can look at change with a positivity, ”she said.
The Centre’s NEP 2020 on Wednesday announced sweeping reforms such as mother tongue or regional language education up to grade 5, lowering the stakes for board exams, allowing foreign universities to create campuses in India and a single regulatory body for higher education institutions except for law and medical schools.
Chief Congressman Shashi Tharoor has welcomed it, but fears it will make education unaffordable for the poor as it shows a tendency towards “centralization, high aspiration and low feasibility” with the assumption that the challenge will be taken up by the private sector.
