Mantri who rejected Darwin's theory is chief guest on National Science Day

On National Science Day, we remember Sir C V Raman’s contribution to science and celebrate excellence of our scientists. My best wishes to all science enthusiasts in their quest to invent, innovate and contribute towards nation building. pic.twitter.com/icJfWv1bpF

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) February 28, 2018

He said INSA had nothing to do with what the minister had said in the past. “Anyone is free to question any past theory. Anyone is free to have his or her own view. The minister will just deliver his speech. He won’t take part in any talk or discussion on the occasion,” Khare said.

Incidentally, these two academies, along with the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, had issued a joint statement in January on behalf of scientific communities from across the country and condemned Singh’s remarks, saying that there is no scientific basis for the minister’s statements. They had even called the minister’s suggestion to remove Darwin’s theory from school and college curriculum across the country as a “retrograde step”.

Calling Darwin’s theory of evolution “scientifically wrong”, the minister had said in January, “From the time we have been hearing stories from our grandparents, ever since books were written, until today, nobody has, either in a story or in writing, said he went somewhere into a jungle and saw an ape turn into a man.Darwin’s theory is scientifically wrong. Since man came to Earth, he has always been man, and will always be man.”