Sangh Parivar trying to ‘capture’ educational institutions, alleges Aishe Ghosh
Aishe Ghosh, a student leader, has accused the RSS and Sangh Parivar of attempting to exert control over Indian educational institutions. She further criticized the Vice-Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University for suppressing student dissent.
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The debate over political influence in Indian universities is a major point of contention regarding academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
Students’ Federation of India (SFI) All India joint secretary Aishe Ghosh on Wednesday alleged that the country was witnessing a situation in which the Sangh Parivar and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were trying to capture educational institutions.
“When they are trying to capture institutions, we know that they had no role in the democratic process of building this country,” she alleged in her address at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS), Kalady, as part of the indefinite strike by the SFI to press its various demands. She said the only thing that the Sangh Parivar and the RSS could do was capture educational institutions that were built long ago.
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