The RJD’s Rajya Sabha member Manoj Jha has said two Delhi University (DU) colleges cancelled their invites to him for programmes “related to freedom of expression and democracy”, citing a “change” in the nature of event.
The cancellation comes a few days after DU’s Lady Shri Ram College withdrew an invitation to BJP national spokesperson Guru Prakash Paswan following opposition from a section of students. Jha, who is also a professor in DU, tweeted about his invites being withdrawn, without naming the two colleges.
“Sharing something which made me uncomfortable about the ‘state of affairs’ in my own University. I was invited to speak by two colleges. However, day before I was ‘informed’ that the ‘nature’ of the events have changed and hence invitation withdrawn. No Regrets..Just Worried…” he said in a tweet on Thursday. Both the events were scheduled to start from Friday. When contacted, Jha told.
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