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14,000 academics demand action over Priyanka’s ‘cow urine’ remark
More than 14,000 academics have petitioned Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's remark calling IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti a 'gau mutra' expert during a parliamentary debate…
The Story in Brief
More than 14,000 academics have petitioned Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's remark calling IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti a 'gau mutra' expert during a parliamentary debate on exam reforms. The petition, launched on Change.org on August 1, says the comment demeaned a scientist and breached parliamentary civility. Separately, over 215 vice chancellors and academicians issued an open letter slamming the jibe as mockery of scientific discourse. The petitioners, describing themselves as the Academic and Scientific Community, said support came from Indian scientists in 38 countries.
The Indian Opinion
The real issue is not one comment but a pattern of politicians treating scientists as punchlines. Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra mocking a top academic as a 'gau mutra expert' insults every IIT graduate, yet the party defends it as legitimate criticism. Equally hollow is the BJP's outrage, given its ministers routinely peddle pseudoscience. Ordinary Indians deserve a Parliament where both sides debate policy, not trade insults. The test is this: will the Opposition Speaker rule on language, or stay silent?
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