MBBS first year students in MP to now read about Hindutva icons, Ambedkar

MBBS students in Madhya Pradesh will be lectured about RSS founder KB Hedgewar, Bhartiya Jana Sangh leader Deendayal Upadhyaya, Swami Vivekananda and B.R. Ambedkar as part of the first-year foundation

MBBS students in Madhya Pradesh will be lectured about RSS founder KB Hedgewar, Bhartiya Jana Sangh leader Deendayal Upadhyaya, Swami Vivekananda and B.R. Ambedkar as part of the first-year foundation course, state Education Minister Vishwas Sarang said on Sunday. He added the move is aimed at instilling social and medical ethics among the students. Hedgewar, Upadhyaya, Swami Vivekananda are part of the Hindutva pantheon of the Sangh, believed to be the ideological mentor of the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). The minister said the first year MBBS students will also learn about Maharshi Charaka, one of the principal contributors to the Ayurveda, and sage Sushrut, known as the ‘Father of Surgery’ in India.