Sonia Gandhi has criticized the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, accusing the BJP government of centralizing power, commercializing education, and promoting communal biases. She argues the policy undermines state governments, increases privatization, raises student fees, and revises educational content with ideological biases.
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