Hyderabad, April 14 -- The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Pune has arbitrarily cancelled scheduled talks by three women anti-caste activists after the right-aligned Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) approached the police against their invite, alleging they were "members of the extreme Left."

The talks were scheduled on Saturday (April 12) and Sunday (April 13) at the IISER campus as part of the Muktiparv programme to mark the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar. Academics and activists Deepali Salve, Nazima Parveen, and Smita M Patil in the now-cancelled event.

The IISER student council has taken strong objection to the event's arbitrary cancellation. In a statement released, they denounced the mov...