About the Indian politician wanting to abolish English and Computer education, I had said. "Believe you me, any action to make this a ground reality would cau

About the Indian politician wanting to abolish English and Computer education, I had said. "Believe you me, any action to make this a ground reality would cause a massive backlash," And behold, he is already under attack "from all quarters" and is backtracking, From one of the leading newspapers in India (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sp-defends-opposition-to-english-computers/446188/0 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sp-defends-opposition-to-e...) "Finding itself under attack from all quarters for its manifesto's "opposition" to English education and computers, the Samajwadi Party was on the backfoot on Sunday, at pains to underline that it was not against their use but that they should not be made compulsory. "The SP is for a common education system that provides access to similar quality of education to all, irrespective of their caste, religion or income status. This means abolishing the dichotomy of expensive English-medium schools and affordable vernacular schools. This doesn't mean the SP is against the English language," SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Akhilesh told The Indian Express over phone from Lucknow. Mulayam himself clarified that he was not against education in English, when it was pointed out that his son had studied in a convent school. But he insisted that it "should not be compulsory in offices", whether government or private. "I am not against English but its use should not be a compulsion. It should not be compulsory in public life," he said in Lucknow. "