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Wardha University: Dalit and backward class students suspended for chanting “Sorry Savarkar,” administration says disrespecting “great men”
Following the Left Unity victory in the JNU Students' Union elections, ten students who chanted slogans at Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University have been suspended from the hostel. According to the administration, these students chanted "Sorry-sorry Savarkar, RSS's little monkey, run Narendra run Narendra," while the students said they chanted "Bal Narendra-Bal Narendra."
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University is once again embroiled in controversy. Ten students have been suspended from the hostel for chanting derogatory slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. All of these students belong to Dalit and backward classes.
According to the university, these slogans “degraded the dignity of great men.”
The matter began when, following the defeat of the ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad) and the victory of the Left alliance in the JNU student union elections on November 6, some students of Wardha University protested on campus, chanting “Sorry, sorry Savarkar” and “Run Narendra.”
Chandan Saroj, a PhD student at the university and associated with the AISF (All India Students Federation), says, “The slogan ‘Sorry, sorry Savarkar’ proved unbearable for the ABVP, which believes in Savarkar’s principles.”
The very next day, the ABVP surrounded the university’s administrative building, alleging that a “great man” like Savarkar had been insulted.
On November 7, the administration issued show-cause notices to six students (Kaushal Kumar, Karanveer Singh, Brijesh Sonkar, Rakesh Ahirwar, Ashwini Sonkar, and Dhananjay Singh). These students included four Scheduled Caste (SC) and two Other Backward Class (OBC) students.
The notice states, “It has come to the notice of the university administration that on the night of November 6, 2025, you unauthorizedly and without informing the administration, gathered students in the university hostel premises, took out a procession, and raised slogans, including slogans derogatory to the dignity of great men. Your actions have affected the academic and peaceful environment of the university and created an atmosphere of unnecessary tension on the campus.”
The notice sought an explanation from these students within three days.
In a conversation with The Wire Hindi, Dhananjay, associated with the Congress student wing, NSUI, said, “We did not take out a procession. We were just out for a walk. There must have been ten or fifteen of us.” During this, we raised slogans like Inquilab Zindabad, Bhagat Singh Zindabad, Jai Bhim.’
In response to the notice, the students wrote to the Proctor on November 10, ‘With regard to the points mentioned by you, we wish to clarify that we have neither insulted any great man, nor raised any derogatory slogans, nor organised any gathering; the word ‘gathering’ is wrong because we were just a few people walking around.’
But the university administration was not satisfied with this response, and on November 11th, it suspended these six students, along with four others (Dharmendra Kumar, Manish Chaudhary, Satyendra Rai, and Abhijeet Kumar), from their hostel for 14 days. All ten students belong to Dalit and backward communities.
The order, issued by Proctor Rakesh Kumar Mishra, states, “These students will be completely prohibited from entering the hostel premises during the period of their suspension.”
Even before this order, the university administration had filed an NCR (non-cognizable report) against the six students at the Ramnagar police station on November 10th and demanded police action.
The report shows that on November 6th, the university’s Board of Proctors met and reviewed the CCTV footage. The report states, “In the video, some students were heard shouting slogans such as ‘Sorry-Sorry Savarkar, RSS’s little monkey, run Narendra-run Narendra.'” The university has told the police that the students had “insulted and damaged the reputation” of “respectable individuals” by raising slogans against them. However, the suspended students told The Wire Hindi that they did not shout “Bhaag Narendra, Bhaag Narendra,” but “Bal Narendra, Bal Narendra.”
To hear ABVP’s side, we contacted Vedika Mishra, the organization’s university unit secretary, but she declined to comment.
Speaking to The Wire Hindi, the university’s Registrar, Kader Nawaz Khan, said, “We had to go to the police. The students forced us to. Look at the language of the slogans. Secondly, by shouting slogans until midnight, they spoiled the atmosphere of the hostel. They had not obtained any permission to hold such a rally. An attempt is being made to spoil the atmosphere here.” This action has been taken to stop this very thing.’
When asked whether the slogan ‘Sorry, Sorry Savarkar’ was sufficient for such action, the Registrar said, ‘You must have read the slogan that followed it.’
Does the university administration have any objection to ‘Bhaag Narendra, Bhaag Narendra’? On this issue, the Registrar said, ‘It’s not a matter of liking it or not. It’s a matter of spoiling the academic environment of the university.’
Chandan Saroj says, ‘A repressive atmosphere has developed in the university where no slogan other than ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is tolerated. If a student chants “Jai Bhim,” “Lal Salaam,” or “Jai Samvidhan,” they immediately become the target of the administration.
He further adds, “The RSS holds regular shakhas on the Wardha University campus.”
While the Registrar claims, “No student organization, regardless of its ideology, can hold rallies, processions, etc. without permission.”
When asked whether the RSS holds shakhas on the university campus, the Registrar said, “I will have to verify. I will have to check the records.” When we asked if the university administration was unaware of the RSS shakhas being held on campus, the Registrar said, “I am not saying that… I am not saying whether (the administration) is aware or not. I will have to check the records.”
Students explained that the university is located near Nagpur, and the Sangh Parivar’s ideology is dominant in this area. As a result, many students are facing pressure and action.
Courtesy: Hindi News
The pandemic of caste: Homebound exposes casteism and communalism amid COVID-19 lockdowns
Neeraj Ghaywan’s ‘Homebound’ must be appreciated for its representation of how caste supremacy constantly suppresses Dalit and Muslim identities in the public sphere.
It was March 24, 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had driven the entire nation into a sudden, harsh and complete lockdown for 21 days in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country subsequently witnessed gut-wrenching visuals of clueless, poor informal sector contract workers and interstate migrant workers setting out on foot towards bus terminuses.
The event may have now faded from popular public imagination in 2025 with the growing institutional talks of Vikshit Bharat of PM Modi. But to only surprise us, director Neeraj Ghaywan evokes those images with his film Homebound.
The politics of naming has truly justified the title of the film. Homebound is loosely based on a field report by senior journalist Basharat Peer, published in The New York Times in 2020.
Fraternity in times of hostility
The first scene of the film is set in a railway station named Mapur, crammed with job aspirants for a railway police recruitment examination. A Dalit youth, Chandan (Vishal Jethwa), and Mohammed Shoaib (Ishaan Khatter) arrive at the station only to be devastated by the number of candidates waiting to catch the train for very limited vacancies.
Chandan and Shoib grew up together in the village that truly epitomises the constitutional vision of fraternity, while they lived similar lives of social deprivations. Throughout the first half of Homebound, Shoaib and Chandan try hard for economic mobility.
It’s when Shoib gets a private sector job as a spot boy that he immediately starts experiencing communalism from his dominant caste Hindu bosses.
Though Chandan isn’t in a private sector job, Ghaywan shows how casteist brutalism against Dalits is unbounded. A desperate Chandan goes to the railway office to enquire about the recruitment results and ends up facing the casteist taunting by a railway clerk.
The story of private sector discriminations is less known due to dominant caste gatekeeping. Ghaywan busts the myth that casteism isn’t rampant in the public sector.
Caste and religion, the twin forces of brutalism
Homebound must be appreciated for its representation of how the cruelty of caste supremacy constantly suppresses Dalit and Muslim identities in the public sphere.
A good example is how Chandan is shown to repeatedly tick the general category box on job applications to escape caste-based stereotypes and degradation. Ghaywan exposes the incessant delays in public sector recruitments due to the ruling elites’ non-committal attitudes.
Another critical example of casteism in the public sector workplace is how dominant caste parents force Chandan’s mother out of her job as a school cook.
What comes as a soothing interlude for progressive audiences is a supporting character’s Buddhist wedding, where pictures of Buddha and Dr BR Ambedkar are spotlighted.
The pandemic of caste
Homebound’s second half is teary, as both Chandan and Shoaib unite at a garment factory in Surat. Their lives take a 120-degree turn when the COVID-19 pandemic hits. Garment factories suddenly close down due to strict lockdown protocols. Both friends are quickly faced with deep uncertainties and decide to go back to their villages.
While they’re crammed on a truck’s rooftop, Chandan contracts COVID-19. Despite having opportunities to do so, Shoib doesn’t abandon Chandan. Exposing India’s stark social realities, they get off the truck and walk on the empty highway in search of a hospital. Ghaywan reveals how healthcare facilities in India are unequally spread and mostly centred near urban areas.
Towards the end, Chandan lies dying on Shoib’s lap on the highway. Shoib discovers a small photograph of Ambedkar in Chandan’s wallet and his job application with the Scheduled Caste (SC) checkbox ticked. This, to me, is the most powerful visual in Homebound. It proclaims how Ambedkar creates hopes among India’s most oppressed.
After Shazia Iqbal’s Dhadak 2, Ghaywan’s Homebound has created renewed anticipations from Bollywood producers and directors, as they have finally started telling the audience the most politely kept secret of India—caste hierarchy. The severe cuts imposed on both films by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) show the shrinking space for freedom of speech in a right-wing political landscape.
Nonetheless, Homebound lays bare how socioeconomic marginalities are associated with caste and religion. Needless to say, the film deserves to be India’s entry for the Academy Awards. However, Bollywood needs to nurture more Dalit actors and directors to tell such stories in gripping ways.
Subhajit Naskar is a political scientist and teaches at the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University. Views expressed here are the author’s own.
Written by:Subhajit Naskar
Courtesy : TNM
Maharashtra: Dalit Mahasangh chief murdered in Sangli home; eight booked
The incident occurred on Tuesday at midnight when Mohite was celebrating his birthday in his home near Garpir Dargah Chowk area, police said. A group of men armed with knives, iron rods, and sticks started hurling abuses at Mohite after guests left the spot and arrangements were being wrapped up.
The founder president of a Dalit outfit was allegedly stabbed to death by eight men in Sangli city when he was celebrating his birthday in his home, a crime suspected to be the fallout of a dispute, police said on Wednesday. The slain leader, identified as Uttam Mohite, 38, was the founder of Dalit Mahasangh.
One of the attackers, identified as Shahrukh Rafiq Shaikh (26), suffered a severe injury during the scuffle, leading to his death on Wednesday morning at a hospital, according to police.
The incident occurred on Tuesday at midnight when Mohite was celebrating his birthday in his home near Garpir Dargah Chowk area, police said. A group of men armed with knives, iron rods, and sticks started hurling abuses at Mohite after guests left the spot and arrangements were being wrapped up. Sensing danger to his life, Mohite ran inside his home while being chased by attackers. They stabbed Mohite multiple times in the stomach and chest, and hit him on his head and arms with iron rods and sticks.
During the scuffle, one of the attackers, Shaikh, sustained a severe stab injury on his thigh, apparently by mistake, police said. Mohite was rushed to the Sangli Civil Hospital by his nephew, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, the attackers carried severely injured Khan to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning, police said.
A police official said on Wednesday that Mohite and one of the accused, Ganesh More, had a brief argument during the birthday celebration. Before leaving the venue, More reportedly warned Mohite that he “would not spare” him.
Police have registered a case of murder against eight persons, identified as Ganesh More, Satish Lokhande, Shahrukh Shaikh (deceased), Banya alias Yash Londhe, Ajay Ghadge, Jitendra Londhe, Yogesh Shinde, and Sameer Dhole, who are residents of the Indiranagar area, based on a complaint lodged by Mohite’s wife, Jyoti.
Edited By: Abhishek Sheoran
Courtesy : India TV
Chennai- Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan criticised the DMK government for offering only "cosmetic gestures" while thousands of sanitation workers in Chennai continue their prolonged protest demanding job security and an end to privatisation in solid waste management.
For over three months, sanitation workers from various unions have been staging demonstrations across the city, seeking regularisation of services and opposing the outsourcing of waste management operations in Royapuram and Thiru Vi Ka Nagar zones of the Greater Chennai Corporation.
Workers alleged that the move threatens their livelihoods and undermines years of service to the city. Murugan claimed the government has shown "no real intent" to address these concerns despite the scale and duration of the protest. Criticising the state's recent announcement of a free meal programme for sanitation workers set to be launched on November 15, Murugan said the initiative was designed merely to create public visibility rather than offer sustained support.
CJI Gavai's comments landed like a thunderbolt among devout Hindus. Sections of the right-wing interpreted it as sarcasm, a dismissal of sacred rituals as superstition. "It's not just a remark, it's mockery of our gods, our heritage," fumed members supporting the Stop Hindu Genocide campaign. For NRIs, many of whom left India amid economic pressures but cling fiercely to cultural roots, the comment struck a deeper chord.
"Why apologize? Because he's the guardian of the Constitution, yet he belittles the faith of 1.4 billion," protestors shouted, echoing the open letter on StopHinduGenocide.org, which accuses CJI Gavai of "anti-Hindu bias" and lists similar "offenses" by judges like former CJIs D.Y. Chandrachud and U.U. Lalit. The letter, viewed thousands of times since its November 8 launch, frames the demand as a global call: "Hindus abroad face erasure, don't let it start at home." Supporters argue it's about accountability, not attack; after all, NRIs contribute billions in remittances and remittances of pride, why not remittances of respect for their gods?
Social Media: A Battlefield of Beliefs
X (formerly Twitter) has become the campaign's coliseum, with #ApologizeToVishnu trending globally.Supporters, like @AvinashKS14, posted photos of the billboards: "Global Hindu Diaspora Exposes India's Anti-hindu CJI BR Gavai and Judges at famous NYC Times Square along with famous Times Square massive billboard showing his head with a shoe thrown at him demanding to apologize to Hindus worldwide and resign." @MeghUpdates amplified it: "Protests break out... calls for apology to Bhagwan Vishnu." For them, it's empowerment: "NRIs finally speaking up against elite bias," as one user put it. Another supporter wrote: " When faith is disrespected, silence is not an option. The voices at Times Square reflect the pride of a civilization that believes in tolerance, but never at the cost of its dignity or its gods."
The Times Square billboard scandal has ignited fierce outrage among Buddhist and Bahujan activists worldwide, who decry the shoe-flung humiliation of Dalit Chief Justice B.R. Gavai as a brazen assault on Bahujan identity exported to foreign soil. Bahujan scholars perceive this as not just an insult to one man, but a global slap to Ambedkar's legacy.
Plea to upgrade Adi Dravidar Welfare schools into high-standard residential schools with Central aid disposed of
Published - November 13, 2025 09:11 pm IST - MADURAI
Disposing of a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the State to take necessary steps to upgrade the Adi Dravidar Welfare schools and hostels in Tamil Nadu and convert them into residential schools, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the petitioner be granted an audience, his suggestions taken note of and incorporated wherever possible.
The court was hearing the petition filed by C. Selvakumar of Madurai. The petitioner said the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department was running 1,138 schools - 833 primary schools, 99 middle schools, 108 high schools, and 98 higher secondary schools - across the State. In addition to this, 1,131 hostels had been established to provide residential support for the Scheduled Caste students.
Although successive governments announced welfare measures for the Scheduled Caste students, ineffective implementation by officials resulted in declining enrolment and deterioration in educational standards. Tamil Nadu already had sufficient infrastructure of schools and hostels under the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department, he said.
He said if these institutions were consolidated and upgraded into high-standard residential schools with Central Government’s assistance, it would increase student enrolment, provide quality coaching for national-level competitive examinations, enhance overall educational standards, and improve the socio-economic conditions of the Scheduled Caste students.
Published - November 13, 2025 09:11 pm
Kuravar community representatives petition TN SC/ST Commission for unification of caste names
Published - November 13, 2025 05:49 pm IST - Coimbatore
The Kurinjiar Samuga Neethiperavai, who met retired Madras High Court Judge and Chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Justice S. Tamilvanan recently, submitted a petition seeking unification of caste names under a single title. Commission Members S. Selvakumar and M. Ponthosh were present during the meeting.
According to the petition, members of the Kuravar community are listed under the Scheduled Tribes list as Malaikuravan (Sl. No. 24), under the Scheduled Castes list as Kuravan and Sithanar (Sl. Nos. 24 and 36), and under the DNC list with 27 call names. This multiple classification has caused administrative difficulties for more than four decades, preventing members of the community from easily obtaining caste certificates.
Those who took part included M. Jegannathan, sounder, and N. Sebastian, State president, Kurinjiar Samuga Neethiperavai; M. Sundararajan, Additional Superintendent of Police (Retd.); D. Sankaran, Superintendent of Police (Retd.); and R. Dhanasekaran, Additional Superintendent of Police (Retd.).
Commission Members S. Selvakumar and M. Ponthosh were present during the meeting.
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