After Sahitya Akademi row, an MBA passed youth made up his mind for refusing to accept the degree at IUST’s first convocation from Smriti Irani, the Union HRD Minister. He did this for protesting against “diminishing freedoms” in India.
As written on Facebook by Gojwari who completed MBA in the year 2008 from Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), “Though, for a student, receiving a master’s degree is no less than any prestigious award. But on October 19, (the Convocation Day) I Sameer Gojwari won’t accept it.”
He posted this on Facebook when he came to know about distribution of degrees by Irani to the IUST passouts on its first convocation.
According to Gojwari, “When India’s writers are returning literary awards to protest diminishing freedoms and 41 writers across the country have given back most prestigious awards; unofficial reports say that Islamic University of Science & Technology on its 1st Convocation have chaired a Minister from Central Ministry #BJP, most likely Mrs Smriti Irani.”
The Union HRD minister Smriti Irani will visit Ganderbal on Tuesday for laying Central University Kashmir complex’s foundation.
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