A pupil of Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) has been fined Rs 5,000 for allegedly making “derogatory/distasteful remarks” through the college’s on-line convocation in December final yr. The college mentioned the remarks have been “derogatory” to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
In an order issued on June 30, the proctor mentioned that Neha, a closing semester pupil of MA in Performance Studies, should pay a advantageous for showing in her closing examination. However, the scholar claims that she was amongst a dozen different college students who posted feedback on a YouTube reside streaming hyperlink, however she has been kicked out. She can be the state vice-president of the All India Students Association (AISA).
The “online protest” by the scholars was in opposition to AUD’s admission coverage, which included charge hike and alleged discrimination in opposition to SC/ST college students.
During the web session, Neha referred to college students’ protest in opposition to “constitutional changes in reservation policy and exorbitantly high fees” and mentioned the CM “doesn’t care about students”.
In their order, AUD Proctors mentioned, “The incident of use of abusive/distasteful/different feedback in a YouTube thread by Ms. Neha through the ninth Annual Convocation of AUD on December 23, 2020 had come to the discover of the Proctorial Board. . The Proctorial Board, after taking details about the matter, constituted a sub-committee to probe the incident and submitted its report.
It mentioned that there was a “personal conversation” between the sub-committee and Neha on April 6, through which she “accepted” to make “said remarks” and “did not feel guilty” for them.
“The Sub-Committee resolved that the comments made in public forum about the University community and the Chief Guest and the Distinguished Guest are baseless and derogatory and clearly amount to a deliberate attempt to defame and insult the University community ,” the order stated. stating that it was a “clear violation of AUD’s Code of Discipline for the Student”.
However, Neha mentioned that the punishment will not be acceptable to her. “There were a dozen other students who protested, but I was thrown out. No one else got show cause notice. Despite asking several times, he did not tell who complained to him nor was I told about the exact sections under which I have been punished,” she mentioned.
AISA’s AUD unit has additionally demanded that the college “immediately withdraw the sentence”.
It mentioned, the Delhi authorities ought to instantly cease this institutional segregation of marginalized college students in Ambedkar University and take motion in opposition to the college administration for harassing and punishing college students for expressing their considerations in a democratic method. is.
The AUD PRO workplace didn’t reply to questions on why related notices weren’t issued to different college students, and beneath which clauses they have been punished. Instead, it mentioned, “Convocation is the most auspicious event in the academic cycle of any student. Ms. Neha’s conduct during the program was indecent to a student and was against the values for which Dr. BR Ambedkar University stands.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
