New York, Sept 15: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court that the BJP-led NDA was not "saffronising" education and said that it was good the matter came up in the Apex Court.
Vajpayee said that ever since his government came to power, allegations were being levelled against his government that it was "saffronising" education. "It was good that the matter came up in the Supreme Court which turned down the plea that the education was being saffronised," Vajpayee said at a function organised by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in memory of Swami Vivekananda.
The Supreme Court had on September 12 upheld the National Curriculum Framework for Seconday Education(NCFSE) rejecting the contention that it was an attempt to saffronise education.
In the context of saffronisation of education, Vajpayee in a lighter vein wondered what was wrong with this.

"If saffronisation is taking place, what is wrong in it," he said amid laughter.

Vajpayee went on to say "bhagwa (saffron) is a good colour and it is associated with the battlefields for ages. The colour has a long history."
The Prime Minister said that people in India must be made aware of of the country`s rich cultural heritage.
He also released a book titled "Swami Vivekanda--prophet of India.”
Bureau Report