EMERGENCY DUTA Executive Meeting: Press Statement

The DUTA Executive met on Emergency basis today in order to discuss the vindictive notice served by the University, via an unauthorised “Fact-Finding Committee”, to DUTA President Nandita Narain asking her to depose before the Committee on Monday, 19 October. The meeting was attended by a large number of teachers representing various staff associations of colleges. Letters and resolutions of solidarity with the DUTA President and condemnation of the outgoing DU VC have been pouring in; some of these were read out before the Executive members.

The DUTA Executive has unanimously expressed strong condemnation of the outgoing DU VC’s dastardly and conspiratorial attack on the DUTA President for discharging her duties as the elected representative of the teaching community. It sees the attack on Nandita Narain as an attack on the DUTA as an institution of the academic community which has consistently exposed the outgoing VC’s misdeeds, sadistic cruelty towards teachers and students, and the systematic manner in which he and his team of close loyalists have sought to destroy Delhi University.

The DUTA Executive warns him from continuing with this conspiracy and clearly urges him to withdraw the Fact-Finding Committee against her with immediate effect, failing which he will be held singularly responsible for provoking widespread unrest and instability in the University.

The DUTA Executive has also resolved to write to the Visitor and MHRD on the prevailing situation,demanding immediate intervention and reversal of the VC’s action and an official reprimand to him.

The DUTA Executive has also given a call for a Joint Teachers-Students Protest Meeting outside the Vice-Regal Lodge, DU, on Monday (between 10.30 am and 1.30 pm), following which the situation will be re-assessed. 

(C. S. Rawat)

Vice-President, DUTA

(Sandeep)

Secretary, DUTA