New Delhi: Asking the Modi government to stop interfering in universities set up under Central laws, CPM’s Sitaram Yechury accused the Centre of trying to replace Indian history with Hindu mythology.
Participating in the debate in the Rajya Sabha, Mr Yechury demanded that a House committee be set up to look into the JNU incidents and the suicide of Hyderabad university scholar Rohith Vemula.
“Please do not castigate the entire student community and the institutions,” he said, adding, “Stop this tirade for advancing your brand of nationalism.” He termed the government’s “interference” in some universities was “illegal”.
Participating in the debate on JNU, Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad questioned whether action should not be taken against media which had run videos which were apparently misleading.
Asserting that his party was for punishing the guilty, he said it appeared that somebody had shouted slogans but the videos appeared to be implicating someone else.
He said action should be taken and a case of sedition filed against those who tried to create divisions. Referring to the reported resignation of a TV channel employee, Mr Azad asked whether such media divide the country as per news which suits them.
