India, June 13 -- Delhi University (DU) vice chancellor Yogesh Singh on Thursday reiterated that the Manusmriti will not be taught in any course within the university and the text, which had been mentioned as a suggested reading material in a discipline specific core (DSC) of the Sanskrit department, has been removed.

"Our stand remains the same. Manusmriti will not be taught in any course in DU. The university had made that clear in the past as well. The text has been removed from the Sanskrit department's 'Dharamshastra Studies'. In the future also, whenever it comes to our notice that the text has been suggested for studying, the administration will remove it," VC Singh told HT.

The university also took to their official social media...