Jammu and Kashmir Assembly told two million books were scanned and over 4,000 withdrawn
Records presented in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly say two million books were scanned and more than 4,000 withdrawn for what was described as “anti-national” content. The figures were given in response to a question from independent MLA Sheikh Khursheed Ahmad.
Records placed before the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly say that two million books were scanned and more than 4,000 withdrawn for “anti-national” content. The figures were presented on Tuesday in response to a question from independent MLA Sheikh Khursheed Ahmad, according to NDTV. The available material does not identify the authority that conducted the scanning or removal exercise.
It also does not specify where the books were held, the period covered by the exercise or the criteria used to classify material as “anti-national”. No titles, authors or publishers were identified. The records provide two headline figures: two million books were scanned, while more than 4,000 were withdrawn.
The supplied information does not clarify whether the withdrawn books were removed from libraries, schools, government collections or another type of institution. There is no information about whether the removals are permanent, whether the decisions can be reviewed or whether any authors, publishers or institutions have challenged them. The material also does not include a response from the Jammu and Kashmir administration.
The figures were disclosed in the legislature in answer to Ahmad’s question. Beyond the scale of the scanning and the number of books withdrawn, the supplied source material does not provide details about the operation or its consequences.
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