BJP's National General Secretary Ram Madhav delivered a lecture on "Swami Vivekananda's teachings" to the faculty members of Delhi University (DU) on Tuesday. This was during their ongoing refresher course entitled 'Indian Culture: Thoughts and Thinkers.'
Urging faculty members to teach students the writings of Swami Vivekananda, Madhav said, "Today's youth need to read and understand his writings to have a better understanding of Indian culture and tradition."
"Patriotism and pride for the nation is most important traits the youth should possess. And, Swami Vivekananda's writings can teach them that," he said. Madhav also reminded the class, packed with faculty members, about the colonial rule in the country.
DNA on December 4, has reported that some faculty members who had attended the course, had claimed that "biased" and "irrational" topics had been taught to them during the course. Claiming that most of the speakers addressing the course were either "former RSS pracharaks" or "right-wing ideologists", several faculty members had also alleged that "the University is using it as a tool to give some space to people of a particular ideology."
"Why is the BJP's National General Secretary being called to deliver a lecture during a course meant for our promotion. It clearly shows that the University is trying to promote a particular ideology through this platform," said a professor at Dyal Singh College (morning) who asked not to be named. The professor was attending the course being held at the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, an academic staff college of the UGC at DU. Earlier, faculty members said that they were taught how yajna can help combat pollution and the presence of the image of an omkar is in the sun's rays.
