Sharad Yadav slams government over ‘RSS-backed agenda’ at Science Cong

JD-U on Saturday came down heavily on the government over presentation of some papers at Indian Science Congress in Mysuru, saying it smacked of “RSS backed agenda”, which is very “disgusting, ridiculous and dangerous”.

“Indian Science Congress is held every year since the year 1914 but we had never seen such a drama-like situation in the Congress as we saw in Mysuru where its main objective to promote the cause of science was missing.

“The RSS backed agenda was seen at such a place. It is very disgusting, ridiculous and dangerous for the unity and integrity of this country as talking about one religion at such functions is nothing but to provoke sentiments of other religions,” party president Sharad Yadav said in a statement.

He noted that it was for the first time that people heard at the Science Congress about Lord Shiva as an environmentalist while someone presented a paper on the medical effects of blowing of conch (Shankh).

Yadav was refererring to the 103rd Indian Science Congress that concluded on Thursday in Mysuru, where a paper presented by the Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Private University Regulatory Commission on Lord Shiva hailed him as the greatest environmentalist in the world.