Nagpur, March 31 -- Maharashtra Chief Devendra Fadnavis on Monday lauded the New Education Policy (NEP) saying that NEP is "Indiansation" of the education system of India.

"I think this (NEP) is Indianisation of the education system of India..." Fadnavis told reporters in Nagpur.

This comes after the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi launched a fierce critique on the Centre on the issue of NEP, accusing it of implementing its "three core agendas -- centralisation, commercialisation and communalisation" in an opinion piece written in The Hindu.

Reacting to this, Chief Minister Fadnavis stated that Sonia Gandhi should gain more information and support the 'Indianisation' of the Indian education system.

The Chie...