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SPPU Vice-Chancellor Nitin Karmalkar told The Indian Express that the university was not under any political pressure. There is no question of political pressure,” he said. A day after controversy erupted over the postponement of the annual conference of the Indian History Congress (IHC), to be hosted by Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) this month, university authorities Thursday denied they were under political pressure against hosting the event. “The department could not organise adequate funding and accommodation for the delegates, which is why they requested that the event be postponed, and not cancelled. He added, “There have been suggestions from some quarters that we raised questions about law and order issues, but that is not true..