Debate professor who called RSS proto-fascist, don t silence him: Shashi Tharoor
Writing on Twitter and Facebook, Tharoor said he had expressed concern about the dwindling space for dissent on campuses when discussing the National Education Policy.
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Shashi Tharoor seen addressing a new batch of medical students who graduated from St. John s Medical School in Bengaluru in this file photo. (Photo | Meghana Sastry, EPS) By Express News Service
KASARGOD: Lawmakers from Kerala have condemned the Kasaragod-based Central University of Kerala s decision to
suspend political science assistant professor Gilbert Sebastian, who criticised the Centre s vaccine policy and called the RSS-BJP a proto-fascist organisation during his class.
Central University of Kerala suspends assistant professor for calling BJP-RSS proto-fascist organisation
In an online class on April 19, he also questioned the central government s decision to export covid vaccines when the country s demands were not met.
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KASARGOD: Central University of Kerala on Monday suspended an assistant professor who, in an online class on Fascism and Nazism , called the RSS and the BJP proto-fascist organisation.
Vice-chancellor H Venkateshwarlu suspended Dr Gilbert Sebastian, an assistant professor in the Department of International Relations and Politics, pending an enquiry.
Earlier, he had set up a three-member internal committee to look into the allegations of misconduct against the faculty member.