Overview
- The BA (Hons) first-semester Social Problems in India exam on December 22 included a prompt asking students to discuss, with examples, atrocities against Muslim minorities in India.
- Hindustan Times reported that Jamia suspended Prof. Virendra Balaji Shahare and set up an inquiry committee on Tuesday to examine the question paper.
- According to the report, the suspension order keeps the professor’s headquarters in New Delhi and requires approval to travel.
- The ABVP, a student organisation affiliated with the RSS, argued the wording signalled ideological imbalance and compromised academic neutrality.
- ABVP’s Delhi state secretary Sarthak Sharma called the framing a limited perspective and sought an immediate impartial academic review with stronger checks on exam paper-setting.