Professor barred for life after ABVP objects to questions on RSS in political science exam
Meerut: Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU) in Meerut has barred Seema Panwar, a professor at an affiliated college, from all examination-related work for life after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) raised objections to two questions in a political science exam.
The controversy erupted over the MA Political Science final-year exam paper titled ‘State Politics in India’, conducted on April 2. The ABVP claimed that two questions in the paper portrayed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in a negative light.
One question asked students to identify “anomic groups”—alienated from society—and included the RSS alongside organisations like Dal Khalsa, Naxalite groups, and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front. Another question in a match-the-following format appeared to link RSS with the rise of religious and caste identity politics.
Calling the questions “anti-national,” the ABVP submitted a memorandum to the university, accusing the examiner of promoting an ideology that tarnishes the image of the RSS. The student group threatened mass protests if action was not taken.
Following the complaint, the university’s vice-chancellor formed a team to look into the matter. CCSU Registrar Dhirendra Kumar Verma confirmed that the questions were found “controversial” and that Panwar has been permanently debarred from setting or evaluating examination papers.
Panwar, who teaches at Meerut College, reportedly submitted a written apology. According to the registrar, she stated that her intention was not to defame any organisation and that the questions were based on existing syllabus content.
“She expressed regret and said it was not her intention. She apologised for the mistake. What else could she do?” said Verma.
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Rahul Gandhi to join Congress padyatra in Bihar, address party workers
Patna (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will join the party's ongoing 'Palayan Roko, Naukri Do' padyatra in Bihar's Begusarai district on Monday.
Later in the day, he will return to Patna from Begusarai to address the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' (Save the Constitution Symposium). After that he will visit Sadaqat Ashram, the Bihar Congress office in Patna, to address party workers.
This will be Gandhi's third Bihar tour since January, when he had urged party workers to "inflict an ideological defeat" on the BJP in the assembly polls due later this year.
The Raebareli MP shared a minute-long video message on X on Sunday, urging the youth of Bihar to join him in the march in Begusarai wearing "white T-shirts".
"Our aim is to draw the attention of the world to the plight of Bihar's youth, who find government jobs getting scarce day by day and privatisation bringing no benefits. Let us bring the government in the state under pressure and change it," he said in the video.
Begusarai also happens to be the home district of Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been the star attraction of the padyatra, which began in East Champaran district last month.
The former JNU students' union president had unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, on a CPI ticket, from the seat.
In the Bihar assembly polls, the Mahagathbandhan, comprising RJD, Congress and the Left, is pitted against the ruling Nitish Kumar-led NDA that also comprises the BJP.
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