<p>The CPI(M) on Wednesday opposed the new National Education Policy introduced by the government and termed it an "unilateral drive to "destroy Indian education".</p>.<p>The party alleged that Parliament has been completely bypassed in the process of forming the policy.</p>.<p>The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry, officials said.</p>.<p>A panel led by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan had submitted the draft of the new policy to Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' when he took charge last year.</p>.<p>The draft was then put in public domain to seek feedback from various stakeholders and over two lakh suggestions were received by the HRD Ministry about the same.</p>.<p>"The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly denounces the Union Cabinet decision to unilaterally impose a New Education Policy and rename the Ministry of Human Resource Development," the CPI(M) said in a statement.</p>.<p>"Education is in the Concurrent List in our Constitution. It is a gross violation by the Central government to impose a New Education Policy unilaterally bypassing all the objections and opposition recorded by various state governments,¨ it said.</p>.<p>It also said that any new policy of such nature needs to be discussed in Parliament and this was assured by the government earlier.</p>.<p>¨This unilateral drive is to destroy the Indian education system with a policy that seeks greater centralization, communalization and commercialization of Indian education.</p>.<p>"The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly protests against this move by the BJP Central government. The Polit Bureau demands that a thorough discussion in Parliament be held before implementation begins," it said.</p>
<p>The CPI(M) on Wednesday opposed the new National Education Policy introduced by the government and termed it an "unilateral drive to "destroy Indian education".</p>.<p>The party alleged that Parliament has been completely bypassed in the process of forming the policy.</p>.<p>The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry, officials said.</p>.<p>A panel led by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan had submitted the draft of the new policy to Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' when he took charge last year.</p>.<p>The draft was then put in public domain to seek feedback from various stakeholders and over two lakh suggestions were received by the HRD Ministry about the same.</p>.<p>"The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly denounces the Union Cabinet decision to unilaterally impose a New Education Policy and rename the Ministry of Human Resource Development," the CPI(M) said in a statement.</p>.<p>"Education is in the Concurrent List in our Constitution. It is a gross violation by the Central government to impose a New Education Policy unilaterally bypassing all the objections and opposition recorded by various state governments,¨ it said.</p>.<p>It also said that any new policy of such nature needs to be discussed in Parliament and this was assured by the government earlier.</p>.<p>¨This unilateral drive is to destroy the Indian education system with a policy that seeks greater centralization, communalization and commercialization of Indian education.</p>.<p>"The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly protests against this move by the BJP Central government. The Polit Bureau demands that a thorough discussion in Parliament be held before implementation begins," it said.</p>