Pressure piles up on NIT-Calicut to take action against against professor who praised Godse

Thiruvananthapuram: Pressure is mounting on NIT-Calicut to take action against a professor who had made a post praising Nathuram Godse.

Even as professor Shaija Andvan withdrew the controversial post in view of the row it triggered, Congress MP M K Raghavan demanded the NIT-C authorities to take action against her.

Kerala Higher Education minister R Bindu also strongly flayed the professor's statement. It was an ungrateful act towards Mahatma Gandhi by praising the one who assassinated him on the martyr's day. Teachers should be imparting nationalism to students, she said.

Sources said that the NIT-C authorities could be seeking an explanation from the professor Shaija Andavan for the post that said "Proud of Godse for saving India."

The row over the professor's post came close on the heels of a stir by students over the suspension of a student who protested against Ayodhya Ram Temple consecration in the campus. The institute that was closed for three days in view of the protest will reopen on Monday.

The local police, which registered a case against the professor on Saturday, are collecting details regarding the social media post for taking further action. After collecting the details, further measures like recording the professor's statement would be taken.

The Kunnamangalam police in Kozhikode registered the case under section 153 of IPC for wantonly giving provocation with the intent to cause riot. Several political parties had lodged petitions against the professor.