"The judge said that anybody who does not believe in the RSS ideology is not acceptable to you. You have terminated his contract because he thought differently.

"The Modi government has no accomplishment to show. Therefore, they are using the tool of nationalism to divert the country's attention from very serious things like farmers suicides and the water crisis.

"You cannot simply dismiss anyone because they are not willing to raise a slogan and not think like you."


Magsaysay Award winner Professor Sandeep Pandey, of the Benares Hindu University is ecstatic after the Allahabad high court directed BHU to reinstate him. In January, Dr Pandey was sacked from his job and termed an 'anti-national' and a 'Naxalite' by BHU authorities. A PhD in mechanical engineering from Berkeley University in the US, Dr Pandey was a visiting professor at IIT-BHU for mechanical and chemical engineering classes. Dr Pandey spoke to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com after his reinstatement. Read