DMK wants direct intervention of Prime Minister Modi in the IIT Madras ruckus

#IITMadras #SmritiIrani #Karunanidhi #NarendraModi The leaders of BJP continue to stir the hornet’s nest and give rise to unpleasantness that could have been avoided. The latest one in this list is that of IIT Madras and the ban of a group that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This ban is a controversial one because its members are mainly Dalits even the DMK chief Karunanidhi has sought the direct intervention of the Prime Minister for revoking the order.
This has been reported in zeenews.com dated 1 June 2015.

The IIT-M has derecognized the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle(APSC) based on a complaint that it was critical of Modi. The action had led to protests by political parties including Congress and AAP.
BJP continues to insist that the Union Government was not behind the decision which was taken by the administration of the institute on grounds of misuse of privileges and violation of guidelines. It seems an anonymous letter received by the ministry had been forwarded to IIT Madras for tasking necessary action.
Since IITs are autonomous bodies, the letter could have been ignored by the minister but, by forwarding it to IIT, a situation has arisen that could have been avoided.
PL Punia, chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has revealed that a notice has been issued to IIT-M and a reply has been sought.
Karunanidhi, on his part, has castigated Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani for "authoritarian" interference and derecognition of the students group. He has added that because of this an otherwise peaceful functioning institute has turned into a war zone. He has gone on to add that such "unilateral" and "authoritarian" interference by Modi's ministers will have impact on both the youth of the country and the peace of the nation.
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