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● Baldev Sharma was appointed in March 2015, after the HRD ministry cut short veteran Malayalam writer A Sethumadhavan’s term as Chairman, NBT. A seasoned journalist, he spent five years as editor of RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya . In his 35-year career, he has also worked at Dainik Swadesh, Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala. Sharma was also visiting professor at Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya.
● In an interview to DD News in April, when asked about his eligibility and relationship with the RSS, he said, “Is a man of the RSS non-transparent? Will you boycott him from taking any responsibility for the nation? And all those who are of anti-Sangh ideology, they can occupy any position? Whatever ideology that talks about the country’s progress, its sanskriti, this thought process is the best. To see it as bhagvakaran (saffronisation) is the weakness in your thinking. You can’t see history or books in parts or divisions, as Left or Right.”
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