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Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling firmly refuted the BJD supremo and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik's claim on Tuesday that the Paika Rebellion or Paika Bidroha was removed from NCERT textbooks.
The NCERT has already clarified that the topic remains and will be included in a forthcoming (second) volume of the Social Studies (SST) textbook for Class 8.
According to sources, in response to the controversy sparked by the former CM Naveen Patnaik's social media post on his personal X handle alleging the removal of '1817 Paika Rebellion' from the NCERT textbook, the Odisha Minister issued a strong rebuttal.
Mahaling clarif...