Campuses shouldn't be havens of hate: Venakaiah

January 07, 2020 16:00

Days after JNU was rocked by violence, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said educational campuses must not become safe havens for the politics of hate and violence to thrive. He also said academic endeavors and co-curricular initiatives must attain primacy in universities and not factionalism and divisive tendencies.

"There is no doubt that there is space for every shade of opinion and every point of view in our universities," Naidu said in his address at the silver jubilee celebrations of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in Bengaluru.

The Vice-President's comments come in the backdrop of the violence at the JNU on Sunday night when masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus, leaving several injured.

"Our children, when they leave the portals of the educational institutions must be enlightened citizens who will take an abiding interest in protecting our democracy and preserving the fundamental values that are enshrined in our constitution. But our campuses must not become safe havens for the politics of hate and violence to thrive. Academic endeavors and co-curricular initiatives must attain primacy in our universities and not factionalism and divisive tendencies," Naidu said.

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