VC Removed over Ramzan Controversy; Delhi Assembly Summons Panjab Officers

The services of the Vice Chancellor (VC) of CT University have been terminated after a controversy erupted over alleged harassment and eviction threats faced by Kashmiri Muslim students who had sought special meal arrangements during the holy month of Ramzan. The students on campus said that they requested sehri (pre-dawn) and iftar (post-dusk) meals in the university mess. The Chancellor cum Chairman of the CT University, Charanjit Singh Channi (not to be mistaken with the politician with the same name), confirmed VC Nitin Tandon’s resignation. The students alleged that Tandon abused them, made derogatory comments, and threatened to cancel their admissions. The district administration confirmed that the matter has now been resolved amicably following dialogue and an official inquiry. Concurrently, on 27 Feb, amid controversy over alleged remarks by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi against the ninth Sikh Sovereign Guru Teghbahadar, the Delhi Assembly had summoned Panjab officers to appear before its privileges committee in person. During a three-hour session, the officers—Panjab Additional Chief Secretary Alok Shekhar, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav, and Jalandhar Commissioner of Police Dhanpreet Kaur—were individually questioned regarding the registration of the 7 Jan First Information Report on uploading and circulating a doctored video to prove Atishi had not abused the Guru. The assembly committee found their replies unsatisfactory. Meanwhile, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat began a three-day visit to Panjab. RSS has maintained that Bhagwat's visit is part of the RSS’s 100^th anniversary celebration. However, the timing of the visit is being linked to the 2027 state Legislative Assembly elections. RSS is the parent organization of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Additionally, AAP Panjab has accused Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini from the BJP of orchestrating the induction of Haryana-based members into the Panjab unit of the BJP. In a statement on X, the party alleged that Saini presided over the joining of several members in Chandigarh who were presented as members of the Panjab BJP but were actually from Haryana (earlier coverage).