NCERT Warns Against Fake Textbooks Amid Emergency Chapter Controversy

The BJP on Thursday (June 25, 2026) backed the NCERT's decision to introduce a section on the Emergency years in a Class 9 social science textbook, saying the "dark chapter" in India's constitutional history must be remembered to ensure it is never repeated.

The ruling party also attacked the Congress over the imposition of Emergency in 1975 and alleged that it is opposing the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (NCERT) decision to introduce the section.

The remarks came after the NCERT, for the first time, introduced a section on the Emergency in a newly developed social science textbook, "Understanding Society: India and Beyond". It describes Emergency as "one of the major challenges" to democracy in India and one in which a majority of fundamental rights were suspended.