RPI raises concern over ban on students’ group

While Congress and other opposition parties have shouted themselves hoarse on the decision of IIT, Madras banning a student group — Ambedkar Periyar Student Circle — for allegedly spreading hatred against the prime minister and his government, Republican Party of India (A), an ally of the BJP, has now voiced its concern over the issue.

RPI (A), an offshoot of RPI established by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, feels that the ban on the students’ body is an “infringement” of the “freedom of speech and expression”
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