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Post by Guest Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:44 pm

The use of the sedition law against Kanhaiya Kumar is but one example of the BJP's subversion of Indian universities and schools. From Dinanath Batra's RSS-supported curriculum in Haryana and Gujarat on "moral science" (which, of course, is neither particularly "moral" nor "scientific") to the politically-driven harassment of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad and the sacking of Prof. Sandeep Pandey for his dissenting views at Banaras Hindu University, a deeply disturbing pattern emerges which points to an ominous political project.

Dattatreya Hosable, Joint General Secretary of the RSS, declares that "All universities must be purged of all kinds of anti-national elements." Mr. Hosabale's regrettable use of the word "purge" in reference to squashing dissent is eerily reminiscent of Stalin's infamous "Great Purge" of the Soviet Union and Hitler's "purge" of Jewish elements in Nazi Germany. What's next - the burning of books the RSS doesn't agree with?
 
The university is often the first and foremost target of campaigns that seek to derail democracy. Mao Zedong shut down universities entirely as he launched his Cultural Revolution. The sorry history of 20th century authoritarianism is pockmarked with examples of autocratic rulers recognizing that universities threatened the legitimacy of their rule. To control the universities is to capture the mind of the nation....


The BJP's fear of college students is evidence of their low opinion of the idea of Indian democracy. They believe India to be so frail as to collapse in the face of dissent that characterizes the spirit of the nation in the first place....

Set Kanhaiya free. Let all Indians be free to argue, to dissent and to learn. Indian democracy will only be stronger as a result.


http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/bjp-has-exposed-its-fear-of-college-students-1280630

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