New Delhi, August 16 (H.S.) : A fresh political storm has erupted following the release of a special educational module by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.

The module, titled “Culprits of Partition”, explicitly holds Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Congress leadership, and Lord Mountbatten responsible for India’s tragic division in 1947. It has been introduced for students from grades 6 to 12 in separate formats, and underlines how Partition unleashed one of the bloodiest upheavals in history—claiming some 600,000 lives and displacing more than 15 million people.

The content stresses that Partition fractured the nation’s unity, devastated the economies of Punjab and Bengal, and pushed Jammu & Kashmir into prolonged social and economic instability.

Adding weight to this argument, Dr. Om Ji Upadhyay, Director of Research and Administration at the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), stated that while Mahatma Gandhi had always insisted Partition should be the last resort, the Congress leadership “gave up too easily and accepted it as destiny.” He reminded that 12–15 lakh people were brutally massacred and millions forced across borders—making it “one of the darkest tragedies in history that the younger generation must learn from to ensure such events never recur.”

The module immediately triggered sharp political reactions:

-BJP welcomed the move, insisting the younger generation has a “right to know the unvarnished truth.”

-Congress, however, slammed it as a distortion of history and accused the ruling party of pushing a political agenda under the guise of education.

BJP’s national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia launched a blistering attack on the Congress, saying: “NCERT has told the truth, but Rahul Gandhi and his party cannot bear it. Rahul Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah share the same mindset—Congress continues with Jinnah-style appeasement politics.”

Echoing this line, BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain argued: “Had the Congress leadership strongly opposed Partition, history could have been different. But power-hungry leaders compromised the nation. Today’s youth deserves to know this bitter reality.”

Meanwhile, Congress leader Pawan Khera dismissed the module outright, declaring: “Burn any such book that distorts history. This isn’t education—it’s pure political propaganda.”

Adding further fire, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused the Congress of being complicit in Partition, claiming: “Congress’s lust for power and politics of appeasement led to Partition. Even today, they are repeating the same mistakes and running away from the truth.”

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar