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IIT Madras's War Against Hinduism

Couple of weeks ago,  a student wing of IIT Madras put up poster and distributed pamphlets calling for discussion on caste related issues. The posters selectively quotes Ambedkar and calls for the death and destruction of Hinduism.

The group which calls itself the Ambedkar Perriyar group believes that issues of caste discrimination can only be brought about by the complete destruction of the Hindu religion. Given the inflammatory nature of the content,  complaints were received by the HRD ministry stating that hate against Hindus and Hinduism is being spread and the IIT Madras management has not done anything to stop this behaviour despite repeated complaints.

HRD minister the sends the complaint to the Dean of IIT Madras asking for comments. The Dean clearly caught on the wrong foot, announces a suspension of the student group...

The incident raises some serious concerns....

Questions for the IIT Madras management

  • Was the Dean and the management aware of the 'Death to Hinduism' movement and chose not to do anything about it ? Per law spreading hatred for a religion is a criminal offence and the IIT Madras have even till date not filed an FIR with local police station 
  • Why was an institution funded largely by Hindu tax payers money being used to raise a war against Hindus ? Who approved the posters and pamphlets ?
  • Why is the IIT Madras management giving a lifeline to a group by merely suspending it and not acting as per law by filing a FIR ?

Question for Rahul Gandhi and the Media

  • Does Rahul Gandhi and the Media support the student body's call for the destruction of Hinduism ?
  • Does secularism and democracy give anybody a right to wage a war against a religion ? If yes, then would they also support the activities of ISIS ?

IIT Madras is supposed to be place of learning, its been now reduced to a laboratory to wage a war against Hindus and Hinduism. Its time to act against IIT Madras for tax payers money should not be wasted on waging a religious war. 





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