Overview
- Presidency University announced on Saturday that it has expelled two female students for allegedly writing abusive remarks on a poster of Swami Vivekananda and using derogatory language against other organisations.
- The decision followed an internal inquiry that reviewed campus CCTV footage and heard stakeholders before recommending the expulsions and a ban on the students' participation in academic activities and future degree programmes.
- The university has not disclosed the students’ identities and issued a statement saying it will not tolerate abuse directed at thinkers, ideas or organisations and that it upholds dignified academic discussion.
- The controversy began after the ABVP put up the Vivekananda poster on October 13, filed a police complaint alleging defacement, and staged a protest; the SFI has denied involvement and demanded that action be based on footage.
- The expulsions remove the students from the campus and could end their academic paths at Presidency University, and the case highlights how Indian universities use disciplinary probes and CCTV evidence in serious misconduct cases.