JNU Professor Forced to Leave Podium Amid Protests at GMU
13 March 2024 | The Indian Express
SAMBALPUR: Tension ran high at the Gangadhar Meher University (GMU) on Tuesday after a group of students reportedly owing allegiance to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) barged into a lecture hall during celebration of International Women’s Day and disrupted the speech of professor Nivedita Menon from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) calling her ‘anti-national’.
Menon was invited to deliver a special lecture on ‘Feminism for the 21st Century’. The agitating members not only created a ruckus during her speech but shouted slogans ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Nivedita Menon Go Back’ forcing her to leave the venue leading to cancellation of the programme.
The agitating students entered the hall with a 100-metre long Indian Flag and raised slogans against her. Many other students also joined the protest. Prior to that, videos of statements made by Menon in the past were circulated in the campus. The agitating group dispersed only after Menon left….