Celebrating the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh on a Government college campus has landed a woman student in trouble as she has been suspended, an action which she termed as “suppression” of the freedom of expression.
S Malathi, a first year MA Student at the Government arts and science college, was suspended on October 1 after she and some other students organised a function to celebrate Singh's birth anniversary on September 28,despite being denied permission by the principal and the tutor, officials said.
"Malathi organised the meeting without permission, which would have affected peace in the campus. She was thus placed under suspension," Chitra, the collegeprincipal, said.
Malathi told reporters here Tuesday that she got to know of her suspension from a college professor.
"This (action) is nothing but suppression of the freedom of expression," she said.
Malathi claimed she was not officially informed of her suspension.
Though college authorities told her that a letter to this effect had been sent to her residence, it had not yet reached her home, she said.