Banaras Hindu University on Thursday defended the decision by its Vice-Chancellor (V-C) to attend an iftar party at a college after some elements objected to it, saying it amounted to Muslim appeasement.
Sudhir K. Jain, on Wednesday, attended an iftar organised in the Mahila Mahavidyalaya (MMV) on the invitation of students and faculty members. Other senior officials of the university were present.
Following this, some students, purportedly from the university, took out a march and burnt the effigy of the V-C. They raised slogans accusing the V-C of beginning a trend of Muslim appeasement.
