New Delhi/ Lucknow: After being slammed by the Opposition for being “insensitive”, BHU VC Girish Chandra Tripathi and the UP government Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the violence in Banaras Hindu University last week. The VC who was criticised for saying “if we listen to every girl we can’t run a University”, has also come under pressure after the Varanasi commissioner who blamed the varsity administration for the violence.
The VC incidentally has also been flayed by the Opposition parties for his “RSS links”. According to some reports, the VC had been associated with the RSS for the past four decades and was known to be a close associate of RSS icon Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya’s grandson Justice (retd) Giridhar Malaviya.
An inquiry report on the incidents on the campus has blamed the university administration for the violence. Varanasi Commissioner Nitin Gokaran, who conducted the inquiry, has said that the BHU authorities did not deal with the victim’s complaint in a sensitive manner and did not handle the situation on time.
The vice-chancellor has rebutted the charges while the state government has announced a probe into the incidents.
The VC, who was in the national capital, said he had ordered an inquiry headed by a retired high court judge. The state government maintained it was a magisterial probe. It was not clear whether there was one inquiry or two.
Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission has also sought an explanation over last weekend’s violence on the campus.
