Malayalam actor featured as postman in textbook; Former Edu Min clarifies

Team Udayavani, Feb 1, 2022, 11:33 AM IST

Bengaluru: An image from the page of a textbook in Karnataka where Malayalam actor Kunchacko Boban was featured depicting a postman has gone viral.

Taking to social media, Boban sarcastically said,” “Anganey Karnatakayil Government Joliyum Set Aayi,’’ (I have a government job in Karnataka).”

Boban had essayed the role of a postman named Raghunandan in the movie “Oridathoru Postman’’.

Also, Bengaluru Rural MP D K Suresh took to Twitter saying, “The standard of education in our state is crumbling under BJP. Students have a reduced syllabus and there is no supervision of the government over teaching.”

“Where are these textbooks being prepared @BCNagesh_bjp & @nimmasuresh ? Are they being done at Keshav Krupa or at the Education Dept? Today, the entire state stands ashamed infront of the nation due to BJPs incompetence,” he added.

The standard of education in our state is crumbling under the BJP.

> Students already have a reduced syllabus
> No supervision of govt over teaching

Now, the textbooks have images taken off from internet instead of well researched report by Textbook Prep Committee.
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— DK Suresh (@DKSureshINC) January 31, 2022

However, reacting to the criticism, Former Education Minister Suresh said that it is not an official textbook published by the State education department.

https://t.co/LC9IZ9xB2p pic.twitter.com/FhAxCQ0ZF5

— S.Suresh Kumar (@nimmasuresh) February 1, 2022

He said, “Don’t rush! Analyse before you comment on any issue! The textbook which has the photo of the Malyalam actor is published by a private company. DK Suresh is just desperately trying to mislead people and malign the BJP government. “