A Controversial ‘Book Launch’ and Delhi University’s Descent Into Party Propaganda
Apoorvanand | 21 January 2025 | The Wire
The vice-chancellor (VC) of Delhi University, Yogesh Singh, last week exhorted the audience at a program in the conference hall of the university to think about giving up neutrality and choosing the side of ‘rashtra hit’ (national interest). The program was for the launch of a book titled Modi VS Khan Market Gang. Apart from the VC and some top officials of the university, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries were also present as dignitaries. A large number of college principals, teachers, and students were in the audience. The hall was jam-packed.
What could be more gratifying for any university than to have such a large number of teachers and students turn up for the launch of a book? Anyone who knows the reality of the university, and is aware of the reluctance of its students and teachers to read a whole book, might be pleasantly surprised to see such a public demonstration of interest in one. That students turn up in such large numbers for any such intellectual discussion can only be a good sign…