No state textbook shows Malayalam actor Kunchacko Boban as postman, Karnataka govt clarifies

A day after a controversy erupted over featuring Malayalam actor Kunchacko Boban as a postman in one of the textbooks of Karnataka schools, the Karnataka Text Book Society (KTBS) on Tuesday clarified that none of the textbooks published by them for classes 1-10 has the image of Boban.

In a statement, KTBS said, "Following media reports, we have verified all the textbooks published by us. None of the textbooks published by us has the image of Malayalam actor."

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Boban had posted the image of the textbook on Instagram with the humorous caption that 'he found a government job in Karnataka.'

Subsequently, the issue snowballed into controversy and took political colour. Bengaluru Rural Congress MP D K Suresh had sarcastically hit out at the state government and questioned the quality of textbooks.

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