India, July 11 -- Rajasthan school education minister Madan Dilawar on Thursday announced the withdrawal of two class 12 books citing 'Gandhi family bias', stoking a controversy and prompting a rebuttal from the opposition Congress.

Dilawar alleged that the two-part book 'Azadi Ke Baad Swarnim Bharat', which has been in circulation for over two decades, glorifies some leaders of the Congress, who imposed the Emergency in the country, suspended the Constitution and killed democracy.

"It does not talk about the role of great leaders like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Dr BR Ambedkar and Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who later founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. These books only glorify the Gandhi family who imposed the Emergenc...