Call to halt ‘anti-national’ activities in universities

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has asked the government to crack down on “subversive” elements indulging in “anti-national” activities in universities, writes Smriti Kak Ramachandran for the Hindustan Times.

“We expect the central and state governments to deal strictly with such anti-national and anti-social forces and ensure the sanctity and cultural atmosphere by not allowing our educational institutions to become centres of political activities,” the Sangh said while presenting its annual report in Nagaur.

The three-day Pratinidhi Sabha, a meeting of the saffron group’s highest decision-making body, assumes significance as the Narendra Modi government draws flak over its mishandling of the Jawaharlal Nehru University row, the death of a Dalit student at the University of Hyderabad, allegations of saffronisation of education and growing intolerance in the country ahead of crucial assembly polls in five states.
Full report on the Hindustan Times site