Now the thoughts of Shaheed Bhagat Singh will be taught in Jammu University instead of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. In the meeting of the Board of Studies of the Department of Political Science on Tuesday, it was decided to remove Jinnah from the syllabus and add Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Whereas no member of the board objected to the names of Allama Iqbal and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, hence they will be included in the syllabus.
Representatives of all the colleges affiliated to the university participated in this meeting chaired by the Head of the Department of Political Science. The purpose of the meeting was to review the syllabus and make necessary changes in it. During this, there were long discussions on various issues and differences also came to light in many matters. According to a member attending the meeting, the head of the department said that it is necessary to teach all types of ideas in political science. To understand any subject properly, it is important to know all its aspects.
Giving an example, he said that just as it is necessary to know both Ram and Ravana to understand Ramayana, similarly political science cannot be taught in a one-sided manner. While reading the freedom movement, it is important to understand the ideas of leaders like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Subhash Chandra Bose as well. Political science cannot be taught like literature.
On this, some members present in the meeting expressed strong objection to keeping Mohammad Ali Jinnah in the syllabus. Some members expressed strong objection to Jinnah being taught as a leader of minorities. After a long discussion on this issue, it was finally agreed that topics related to Jinnah should be removed from the syllabus. After this the committee decided that Bhagat Singh should be included in the syllabus.
Bhagat Singh should be included from the perspective of what independent India would be like. Whereas no member objected to the names of Allama Iqbal and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, hence it was decided to include both of them in the syllabus. The decisions taken in the meeting have been sent to the Vice Chancellor for final approval.
The department had recommended the removal of Jinnah, Iqbal and Sir Syed.
Earlier, in the meeting of the Departmental Affairs Committee (DAC) of the Political Science Department held on Sunday, it was unanimously agreed upon to remove some subjects from the syllabus. The committee had recommended removing topics related to Jinnah, Iqbal and Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. This proposal was discussed in detail in the Board of Studies meeting held on Tuesday.