jaipur the new congress government in the state will review the rss influence on education and school textbooks while restoring the roles of national icons like father of the nation mahatma gandhi and pt jawaharlal nehrutaking charge of the department on friday education minister govind singh dotasara said the vasundhara raje government minimized the contribution of father of the nation mahatma gandhi and pt jawaharlal nehru who played vital roles in the struggle for independence same treatment was meted out to other national icons like expm manmohan singh i will ensure that these national icons rightful places are restored in the textbookshe said decisions like providing saffron coloured cycles posting rssbacked officers on boards and councils and changing curriculum will also be reviewedin his first meeting with officials dotasara directed them to prepare a status report on the revision of textbooks references and chapters preaching bigotry and falsehood will be removed said the ministerthe revision of textbooks is expected to be an uphill task for the cashcrunch government it is unlikely to take place for the 201920 session which will begin april 2019the raje government carried out revision of textbooks in 201516 downsizing the contribution of congress leaders of the independence era the rssbacked revision carried out by state institute of educational research and training siert also omitted the works of john keats thomas hardy william blake t s eliot and edward lear in the revised class viii english textbookschapters by muslim writers axedjaipur chapters authored by muslim writers like ismat chugtai were also axed they have been replaced by mostly lesserknown authors whose works have a regional flavour as the controversy picked up a few of them were restored in the class ix and xi textbooksthe rssbacked members sitting on boards like rajasthan board of secondary education rbse siert and rajasthan state textbook board rstb are also in the line of fire said source