Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 4: Describing Bhagat Singh as a patriot of the highest order and great political thinker, Jammu University Teachers Association (JUTA) has appealed all to ensure that the University remains an institution where ideas are freely discussed and challenged without fear of reprisals.
In reference to the ongoing controversy involving Prof Tajuddin of Political Science, JUTA said that in his lecture, he was discussing the Russian Revolution and giving examples of how repressive regimes have often labeled some of its opponents as terrorists.
“These examples included Aleksandra Ulyanov, the elder brother of Vladimir Lenin labeled by Tsarist Russia as a terrorist and hanged. In the broader context, Prof Tajuddin also referred to Shaheed Bhagat Singh labeled by the British Raj as a terrorist and hanged,” JUTA explained and added that the topic concerned is a sensitive one and yet one that needs to be discussed especially in a University where all stakeholders (teachers and students) have reached a particular level of maturity and have a level of knowledge and understanding of certain sensitive concepts.
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