Dwivedi alleged that a nexus has worked in tandem to appoint Firoze Khan in the faculty. He also alleged that the main interviewers were all known to Khan and other short-listed candidates were deliberately asked questions that they could not answer.
The PMO asked for a report from the BHU administration and Divisional Officer Deepak Aggarwal sent the report to the PMO despite being on a foreign tour.
113 JNU professors have written a note disassociating themselves from the JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA) over their complicity and silence when teachers are attacked by miscreants and JNU goons
There has been continuous opposition from students of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan Faculty (SVDV) of BHU to the appointment of Dr Feroz Khan in the faculty.