Haryana education minister Ram Bilas Sharma. | Photo Credit: ANI

New Delhi: Haryana education minister Ram Bilas Sharma is back in the news again for his controversial statement where he has claimed that a Sanskrit scholar is better than an MBBS graduate as he will never be unemployed as people will keep on buying houses, marrying and have children.

His statement has not gone down well with the doctors and the opposition which said that this shows the real face of the BJP. The minister is not new to any controversy and has made several controversial statements in the past.

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The minister, known for his controversial remarks and decisions, also said that students should search for knowledge from the Vedas and added that he doesn’t trust Google but Vedas.

The minister had earlier courted controversy few years before when he said that he is not worried about teachers wearing jeans and coming to school but will be worried if they come naked.

He had also said that men who are under 50 are too young to teach girls in Haryana’s government schools.

Sharma’s statement was apparently linked to women’s safety.

Sharma is an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and is a powerful leader from the state.

The Congress has said that after coming to power Manohar Lal Khattar government has turned the state’s education system into an RSS laboratory after the government decided to include the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas, and importance of yoga in books on moral education for Classes VI-XII.