Vasundhara Raje deleted ‘British Friend Scindia’ from ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ poem, Gehlot yet to restore. Former head of the curriculum committee says key stanza was censored from Rajasthan Class 10 textbook Shritij on the orders of the former BJP chief minister, who is from the Scindia family.

The deleted paragraph reads as:

“Rani badhi Kalpi aayee, kar sau meel nirantar paar,
Ghoda thak kar gira bhoomi par, gaya swarg tatkaal sidhaar,
Yamuna tat par angrezon ne phir khayee Rani se haar,
Vijayee Rani aage chal di, kiya Gwalior par adhikar,
Angrezon ke mitra Scindia ne chhodi rajdhani thee,
Bundeley Harbolon ke munh hamne suni kahani thi,
Khoob ladi mardani woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi.”