Thiruvananthapuram. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday termed as “ridiculous” a Delhi University professor’s remarks on ‘Marx Jihad’ against the Kerala Education Board. A large number of students from Kerala had applied for higher education in the colleges of Delhi Universities with good marks. After that Rakesh Kumar Pandey, a member of the National Democratic Teachers Front, a teacher union affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), made this remark.
Responding to Pandey’s remarks that there was a “conspiracy” behind the large number of students applying from Kerala, Tharoor said, “This anti-Kerala bias must end now.” Sharing a clip of the news related to Pandey’s controversial remarks, tweeted, “Using the word ‘Jihad’ against anything you don’t like is crossing all limits: Now a DU teacher ‘Marx Jihad!’ Has attracted attention by creating absurd ruckus.
The MP from Thiruvananthapuram said in a tweet, “I have always criticized the keeping of marks as the main qualification in DU admissions, but it is ridiculous. If “Jihad” means struggle, then Kerala students getting 100 per cent marks is a struggle for their chances of getting admission in DU. You should interview them before admitting them but don’t question their marks.” In a statement on Wednesday, Pandey had alleged that the ‘attack’ of Kerala Board students with 100 per cent marks cannot be considered unplanned. .
He had said, “It indicates something that must be investigated. No one can take this unexpected influx of students from Kerala Board as normal. Most of these students are neither comfortable in Hindi nor in English. All these students did not get 100 per cent marks in class 11.” Sources had said on Wednesday that the admission of over 100 students of Kerala Board was temporarily stopped by DU over confusion regarding their mark sheets, but officials said on Wednesday. The issue got resolved after K approached the board in Kerala.
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