The Hindu·4 min read·medium
Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala withdraws funding for conference by students’ union over cockroach-themed poster
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Mahatma Gandhi University has withdrawn funding for a student conference after the union used a cockroach-themed poster deemed to have political overtones. The university maintains that the image violates rules against political content in university-funded events.
The days-long standoff between interim Vice-Chancellor D. Mavoothu and the Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) students’ union over cockroach-themed publicity material for its national conference culminated on Saturday with the university withdrawing the financial assistance sanctioned for the event.
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