DU VC terms Arundhati Roy's old remarks as 'hate speech'
New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Delhi University vice chancellor Yogesh Singh on Tuesday cited author Arundhati Roy's comments as an example of "hate speech" during a programme on 'Hate Speech and Electoral Politics in India' at DU's Law Faculty.
Quoting Roy from an old video, Singh read, "The Indian state, from the moment it became a sovereign state... has waged war since 1947 in Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland, Telangana, Punjab, Goa, Hyderabad. you see this perpetual upper-caste Hindu state perpetually at war."
Calling the statement an instance of "hate speech", Singh said, "This is the pure definition of hate speech, and Arundhati Roy and all intellectual people should avoid making such statements. This is not in favour of them or the country, and such...
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