SFI criticises V-C for attending ABVP event

Alleges it was meant to launch online campaign for Modi

March 01, 2019 01:37 am | Updated 01:37 am IST - PUDUCHERRY

Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University Gurmeet Singh with ABVP workers.

Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University Gurmeet Singh with ABVP workers.

The Students Federation of India has slammed Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University for attending a function organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on the campus.

In a joint statement, SFI president Uvais C.P. and Secretary Abhijeet said the Vice-Chancellor had floated rules by attending a function organised by the students wing to launch a social media campaign in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Vice-Chancellor posed for a photograph with ABVP workers who were wearing T-shirts with message “Modi once more”.

The university had organised a lecture series in association with Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Foundation. The university administration compelled the students to attend the programme, the statement claimed.

The office-bearers accused the administration of forcefully removing banners and posters put up by the SFI. On Thursday, the SFI took out a march to condemn the alleged attempt to “saffronise” the campus.

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