A government-run law college in Indore temporarily removed six teachers, including four Muslims, from duty after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) accused them of promoting “negative views” about the government and the army and promoting fundamentalism. Is.
The college principal said on Thursday that these teachers will not teach classes for five days while a judicial inquiry is being conducted into the allegations of the RSS-affiliated student union.
Activists of ABVP, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), created a ruckus on Thursday in the premises of the Government New Law College, demanding action against four Muslim and two Hindu teachers.
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Dipendra Thakur, head of the ABVP unit at the college, in a complaint to principal Dr Enamur Rahman, alleged that some teachers promoted “religious fundamentalism and negative views about the government and the army” among first-year students.
He alleged that on Fridays the headmaster, Muslim teachers and students offer namaz and classes do not take place during this time.
The complaint stated that “love jihad” and “non-vegetarian” were being promoted on the campus.
Love jihad is a term used by right-wing Hindu groups, which claim there is a “conspiracy” to lure Hindu girls into marriage and convert them to Islam.
Principal Rehman said that the atmosphere in the college was not like that described in the complaint.
“Since the complaint of ABVP is serious, I have decided that an inquiry should be conducted by a retired district court judge,” he told reporters.
The six teachers facing charges have been taken off duty for five days to ensure that the investigation is carried out in a fair manner, he added.
About the two Hindu teachers among them, he said that the ABVP has accused them of behaving in an autocratic manner and not interacting properly with the students.
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