Lucknow: As the death of a police constable in Ghazipur stone-pelting continues to draw outrage, a controversial statement by Jaunpur University’s vice-chancellor has kicked off another row.
In a video that has gone viral on social media, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University’s vice-chancellor Raja Ram Yadav can be seen calling upon the students not to hesitate in murdering someone who they have an argument with.
“Agar aap Purvanchal Vishwavidyalaya ke chhatra ho to rote huye kabhi mere paas mat aana. Agar kisi se jhagda ho jaye to uski pitayee karke aana, agar tumhara bas chale to uska murder karke aana, baad mein hum dekh lenge (If you are a student of Purvanchal University never come to me crying. If you get into a fight with someone, beat him, even kill him if you can, and then come, we will handle the matter),” Yadav can be heard saying.
The controversial statement was allegedly made at a function held in Satyadev College in Ghazipur’s Gandhipuram.
Yadav was appointed as the VC of the university by Governor Ram Naik last year. Previously, he was a professor at Physics department of Allahabad University.
Reacting to VC’s comment, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Abdul Hafiz Gandhi said, “This is nothing but incitement. Vice Chancellor must be booked for inciting and provoking students to indulge in criminal activities. He is not behaving as a vice-chancellor, but as a war lord of a criminal gang. We cannot expect academic excellence from such criminal-minded people. He should be sacked for making such statements.”
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