Summary:
KMSS's student wing, Satra Mukti Sangram Samiti, defaced sign boards of Deendayal Upadhyaya colleges in Behali, Bongaigaon and Dudhnoi to register its protest. "We named five model colleges after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya as this is his birth centenary year. GUWAHATI: The state government has gone back on its decision to name any more model colleges in the state after Hindutva ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya following criticism from several local organizations. Last month, Himanta had an-nounced that all 22 proposed model colleges will be named after Upadhyaya, a founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, fo-rerunner of present-day BJP. Rebel outfit Ulfa (In-dependent) had also issued a warning against naming the institutes after Upadhyaya.Reacting to the decision, KMSS on Saturday said the go-vernment has ultimately bo-wed down to public outcry..