New Delhi: A group of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has come out against a move by the varsity to invite Yoga guru Ramdev to deliver the keynote address at an event which is being co-organised by it.
Terming the move a "silent right-wing onslaught" on JNU, the students have asked university officials to withdraw their invitation to the yoga guru to attend the '22nd International Congress of Vedanta' or face protests.
"It does not befit the stature of an academic institution like JNU to have persons with such a questionable background to address an academic gathering," said Shehla Rashid Shora, vice-president of the JNU students' union. Flaying Ramdev, the students charged that the invitation to him takes JNU "several steps back".
Ramdev was invited to address '22nd International Congress of Vedanta' at the university.
Meanwhile, Ramdev on Monday declined the reports and said, "Me or my office has not confirmed for any talk or event at JNU. I would have surely gone to JNU if time allowed to have candid, scientific & logical discussion, even with my ideological adversaries. I will love to talk to students & faculty at JNU, whenever its possible in near future."
(With inputs from PTI)
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