New Delhi : An article in the RSS mouthpiece Organiser has charged that IITs are turning into hubs of “anti-India and anti-Hindu” activities.
The article has also taken umbrage at the IIMs’ opposition to some of the government’s moves — including the proposed IIM Bill. It further argues that the Left and the Congress “still control the premium institutes” through the Board of Governors and Directors.
Claiming that non-vegetarian food is served at IIT Roorkee “in the holy city of Haridwar” and students at NIT, Rourkela, were “stopped” from holding ‘puja’ in the community hall in the UPA regime, the article asserts the incidents show “these government-funded institutes are becoming a turf for anti-India and anti-Hindu activities.”
“Faculties with low morals are misguiding students… The Board of Governors should also be made responsible for the anti-India and anti-Hindu activities being carried out at the institutes,” the article said.
It also targets Anil Kakodkar — nuclear scientist and former chairman of the Board of Governors, IIT Bombay – -and AM Naik, chairman of IIM Ahmedabad, for their criticism of the HRD ministry.
Taking a dig at Kakodkar, the article said he had accused HRD minister Smriti Irani of taking IIT directors’ recruitment “casually” but did not say a word about the “Kiss of Love” protest by IIT Bombay.
As for the IIMs, the article argued that the draft IIM
bill will make it difficult for political parties to control the appointment of directors and chairpersons, which was why many people were opposing it.
Naik’s reported comments against the draft bill were also criticised in the article, which said the “ethics” applicable to Board of Directors in the corporate world should also be applicable to the board in these institutes.
