BSP MP Danish Ali Hits Out at Modi Govt Over Proposed Removal of Chapter on Poet Iqbal from DU Syllabus

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 29th May. Danish Ali, a BSP MP, slammed the Modi government on Sunday after the Academic Council of Delhi University passed a motion to remove a chapter on poet Muhammad Iqbal from the political science curriculum.

“Removing Allama Iqbal’s unit from Delhi University’s Under Graduate syllabus and playing ‘Saare Jahan se Achcha’ in the background during the inauguration of New Parliament exposes the contradiction of ‘New India’,” Ali said.

He was referring to the music that played in the background of a short film on the construction of the new Parliament building that was shown during the inauguration event on Sunday.

While other BSP MPs attended the event, Ali was not present during the inauguration.

Born in 1877 in Sialkot in undivided India, Iqbal had written the famous song ‘Saare Jahan Se Achha’. He is often credited with giving birth to the idea of Pakistan.

Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh had said on Saturday that those who laid the foundation of breaking India should not be in the syllabus.

In a meeting on Friday, the university’s Academic Council passed the motion for the removal of the chapter titled ‘Modern Indian Political Thought’ that is part of the BA’s sixth-semester paper. The matter will now be presented before the Executive Council of the university for a final call, according to officials.