A day after Delhi University announced to hold a ‘Viksit Bharat Run’ for 5,000 students on May 8, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) on Friday sent an email to students announcing a ‘Viksit Bharat’ event on Sunday. The email stated that the event — ‘Democracy in Action Programme (DIAP)’ — will give “selected students” a chance to “work closely with the Chancellor of JGU, Mr. Naveen Jindal, a candidate for Lok Sabha poll from the Kurukshetra constituency” in Haryana. It asked volunteers to apply for the programme.
Meanwhile, Delhi University’s teachers’ unions on Friday condemned the May 8 event. The unions said the event, a 2.5-km run, which was announced following a meeting between university officials and BJP leader Kuljeet Singh Chahal on Thursday, was a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
The Viksit Bharat programme was launched by the Prime Minister in December last year. It aims to give a platform to the youth to “contribute thoughts to the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047 — the idea of a developed India by 2047, the 100th year of Independence”.
