Shobha Karandlaje writes to governor, wants professor sacked
- | Wednesday | 28th June, 2017
This despicable conduct of Prof Mahesh Chandra Guru is clear violation of the Conduct and Civil Service Rules. Just because I'm a government servant, I cannot stay silent at social events which have far reaching consequences." "I'm a social activist and have every right to assess the performance of the PM. "While asking the governor to sack the professor, she argued that action against the professor is crucial "in order to ensure that the tendency to violate rules with impunity and take people in high positions for granted is curbed".Karandlaje had argued that it was Guru who is "the brain behind organizing the beef festival".The professor denied that he had organized the event. Guru is accused of speaking against the PM at a Sunday event on food practices and freedom of expression, at Kalamandir .The issue snowballed into a controversy after some of the speakers ate beef, which BJP activists questioned and symbolically cleansed the venue.In her letter to the governor, Karandlaje said: "Guru delivered a speech in which he abused and criticized PM Shri Narendra Modi as well as the Union government on the ban on cow slaughter.
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