Saturday, January 30, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Journalism lecturer shunted under ABVP pressure

 

http://www.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimesBeta/20100129/4983894914234162568.htm

Journalism lecturer shunted under ABVP pressure
Sakaal Times
Friday, January 29, 2010 AT 10:11 PM (IST)

BENGALURU: Succumbing to pressure from Hindutava affiliated groups,
the Mangalore University shunted out a journalism lecturer on the
charge of being controversial.

ABVP had backed a protest by some students of the Mass Communication
department demanding Umeshchandra's ouster. He has been stripped of
his lecturer's post.

The decision was taken at a meeting presided by University acting
vice-chancellor K K Achar.

Mangalore Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel of the BJP had
asked the University authorities to order a probe into allegations
that Umeshchandra was making anti-Brahmin remarks.

ABVP has alleged that Umeshchandra often attacked Sangh Parivar
organisations and expressed extreme Dalit views.

Umeshchandra said students had been misled by political forces.

"I hold no grudge against them since they have been misled by some
political forces" he said.

Hindutava outfits which are active in the coastal belt had earlier
targeted Pattabiram Somayaji, lecturer of English , for attacking
those indulging in moral policing in the region.

Somayaji is a member of f the Karnataka Koumu Souharda Vedike
(Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum).

ABVP students had demanded action against him for taking on Hindutava
organisation.

Somayaji was one of the few who openly attacked Sri Rama Sena and
Bajrang Dal for the attack on women at a pub last year. Police had
arrested Sena Chief Pramod Muthalik and others in connection with the
dastardly pub attack.

He said Hindutava outfits were dividing the region along communal lines.

Minority organisations have said that the coastal belt has been rocked
by attacks on churches and minorities ever since the BJP came to power
in the state.

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