Over 600 teachers from varsities across Delhi, led by UGC member Indermohan Kapahy, on Friday wrote to Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani terming the controversial February 9 event at JNU as a "diabolically planned" attempt by politically motivated groups to "foment turmoil" among students to destablise the structures of governance.
The BJP-backed National Democratic Teachers Front, in its letter to the Minister, also dubbed the event as an "unpardonable anti-national" act.
"We write to express our concern at the diabolically planned attempt by politically motivated groups to foment trouble and turmoil amongst students of various universities to destabilise the existing structures of governance. They added that the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, dissent and presenting alternative paradigms but it is equally true that what happened on Feb 9, 2016 at JNU does not fall within the fore mentioned parameters.