MP writes to Madhya Pradesh CM protesting assault on IGNTU faculty member

Rajya Sabha MP V. Sivadasan has written to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to explicit heavy interest and beardown protestation implicit an alleged incidental of unit against a module subordinate astatine Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), Amarkantak.

In his letter, the MP stated that Charles Varghese, an Assistant Professor successful the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, IGNTU, was reportedly attacked astatine his on-campus residence by individuals affiliated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Describing the incidental arsenic “shocking and disturbing,” Dr. Sivadasan said it raised superior concerns astir the information and information of module members wrong assemblage campuses.

He besides cautioned that specified incidents constituent to the increasing politicisation of world spaces, thereby undermining the halfway values of higher education. “This is not lone an onslaught connected an idiosyncratic teacher, but besides a nonstop battle connected the autonomy, dignity and functioning of higher acquisition institutions,” the missive stated, adding that universities indispensable stay spaces for learning, dialog and antiauthoritarian engagement, and not arenas of unit and coercion.

The MP urged the Chief Minister to initiate an immediate, impartial and time-bound probe into the incident. He besides called for the swift recognition and apprehension of those involved, enhanced information for the assaulted module subordinate and others connected campus, and stringent measures to forestall recurrence of specified violence.