PSU flays DU’s intervention in Ramjas case

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 23

The Punjab Students Union today condemned Delhi University for preventing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid from speaking at an event at Ramjas College, scheduled to be held by its literary society and English Department. Khalid was to speak on the topic, ‘War in Adivasi areas’.

In a statement released to the press, Punjab Student Union state leader Mangaljit Pandori and Doaba zone leader Jaskaran Azad said outfits like the ABVP, associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the country, which are intent upon implementing a ‘fascist’ agenda, are preventing intellectuals from raising serious issues like Kashmir, conflict in tribal areas, Dalit and minority issues, thereby hampering freedom of expression.

According to the activists, the fascist powers were crushing the freedom of speech and expression through their actions. They said in the past, such incidents had occurred frequently in many educational institutions of the country in the past.

They warned students of being wary of such outfits and to uphold the freedom they were constitutionally entitled to.