New Delhi (10/05/2022): A day after picture of an objectionable question went viral on social media, UGC has asked Greater Noida based Sharda University to submit report of action taken on the issue.
The action taken report has to be submit regarding an “objectionable” question asked by it in a Political Science examination question paper on similarities between Hindutva and fascism.
The Greater Noida-based private university asked the question in the examination of the first year of BA in Political Science (Hons.)
UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain in a letter to Vice-Chancellor Sharda University said, “It has come to the notice of the University Grants Commission through print and electronic media that an objectionable question was part of the question paper in the examination for the first year BA Political Science (Hons.) in your University. The students were asked in the question paper: “Do you find any similarities between Fascism/Nazism and Hindu right wing (Hindutva)? Elaborate with arguments”.
