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The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) has demanded the reinstatement of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) prof who was suspended allegedly for mounting a question connected atrocities against Muslims successful the BA (Hons.) Social Work semester examination.
“Questioning and debating, and differences successful perspectives, are integral to academics,” the JNUTA said successful a connection issued connected Wednesday night, adding that the question was “perfectly legitimate” successful a insubstantial dealing with societal problems successful India.
The JMI medication issued an bid connected December 23 suspending the prof until an enquiry committee submits a report. According to assemblage officials, enactment was taken aft societal media denounced the question, calling it “polarising and communal”.
‘Academic witch-hunt’
The JNUTA described JMI’s enactment arsenic an “academic witch-hunt”.
The relation said, “The JNUTA demands a halt to what tin beryllium described arsenic the opening of an world witch-hunt that tin lone dependable the decease knell of an instauration of higher learning.”
“The hold of a disagreement oregon quality of sentiment to the constituent of policing world thought to suit this oregon that communicative goes fundamentally against the tone of specified questioning and debate, and nary assemblage tin stay a assemblage if it indulges successful specified practices,” it added.
