Manoj Jha says DU cancelled his lecture, demands probe; university says ‘rescheduled’
31 August 2023 | The Hindu Bureau
RJD MP Manoj Jha, who is also a professor in the Department of Social Work, DU, said the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education had on August 18 extended an invite to him to deliver a lecture but informed him on Wednesday that it has been cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances. | Photo Credit: File Photo
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Rajya Sabha member Manoj Jha on Wednesday said Delhi University’s Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE) has cancelled a lecture he was set to deliver on September 4.
Mr. Jha, who is a professor in the Department of Social Work, DU, said the CPDHE had on August 18 extended an invite to him to deliver a lecture on ‘Political Social Work: New Opportunity for Practice’, but informed him on Wednesday that it has been cancelled “due to unavoidable circumstances”.
Demanding a probe into the matter, he said, “This is my university. I have studied here and I am teaching here. I can speak in Parliament, on the street, and write in newspapers. But I cannot address the teachers of my university. What is the fear?” He added that he would write to the Prime Minister and the Education Minister to find out why the invitation extended to him had been cancelled.