EC begins probe after textbook says BJP is communal
- BJP has complained to the Election Commission (ECI) that it has been referred to as a communal party in a class IX testbook in Tripura.
- On the basis of this anomaly a school had recently set a question for students asking them to identify the communal party from among Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist), BJP & Bahujan Samaj Party.
- ECI is investigating the issue.
Exams Perspective:
- Communalism
- ECI
- Right-wing extremism