Professor Mohammad Tajuddin of Jammu University has been suspended by the University administration after he referred to Bhagat Singh as a “terrorist” during a lecture.
A clip of the lecture went viral leading to students’ outrage. The students of the university wrote a letter to Vice-Chancellor Manoj Dhar, demanding an action against Tajuddin. The university ordered a probe into the incident also ordered Tajuddin’s suspension and said he could not take classes till the probe was over.
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Bhagat Singh’s nephew Abhay Singh Sandhu condemned the incident. “Even the Britishers did not call him terrorist, they called him a true revolutionary. The HoD of Political Science Professor is calling a Martyr, who lost his life at an early age, a terrorist. This is a blunder by the Professor, it is condemnable and he should apologize,” he said.
Professor Tajudding clarified his statements and said that he considers Bhagat Singh as a revolutionary.
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He said that his words were taken out of context.
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The university’s vice-chancellor, Manoj K Dhar, had constituted a six-member high-level committee headed by the senior-most professor of the university, to look into the complaint.