Protesting President’s decision ‘anti-national’ — IIM Nagpur director & Wardha varsity acting V-C to HC
Sourav Roy Barman | 14 March 2024 | The Print
New Delhi: Acting vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University Bhimaraya Metri, who is also the director of IIM Nagpur, has likened student protests against his appointment to the top post of the central university to “anti-national activity” in an affidavit submitted in the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court.
Metri’s appointment had drawn charges of procedural lapses. He was made the acting V-C of the university, located in Wardha, Maharashtra, in October last year after Rajneesh Kumar Shukla stepped down under controversial circumstances.
In his 5 March affidavit, Metri suggested that since the President made the appointment in her capacity as ‘Visitor’ of the university, the remarks and protests opposing the decision also brings her office to disrepute.
“The comments are also made against the office of the Hon’ble President of India in disrepute and can be labeled as anti-national activity,” Metri said in the affidavit after the court.