The scholar has been debarred from taking any university, college, or departmental examination for a year.
Shashi Tharoor said as an alumnus of the university, he is appalled by the shocking decision. To suspend a student for watching a documentary in a democracy is a disgrace and a betrayal of everything a university should stand for. Shame! the Congress MP tweeted.
Source: Hindustan TimesLokesh Chugh is the national secretary of the Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India. Apart from Lokesh, Ravinder from the law faculty has also been suspended.
The controversial documentary on Gujarat riots — India: The Modi Question, for which BBC came under fire — was screened at Delhi University amid a row over the ban on the documentary. NSUI and Bhim Army Student Federation screened the documentary.
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The university set up a committee to probe the incident and the committee recommended punishment for eight students. Two of the eight have been suspended for a year and the rest gave been given less strict punishment.
The BBC documentary has been at the center of huge political controversy as it criticized Narendra Modi’s role in the Gujarat riots. The Assam government on Tuesday adopted a resolution in the assembly condemning the documentary and said it was aimed at maligning India’s growing international standing and foment domestic instability.
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