Team Clarion
NEW DELHI – A female lecturer at a polytechnic college in Shajapur town in Madhya Pradesh’s Malwa region broke down and pleaded with Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers not to harass her after she was targeted for being strict in the examination.
A viral video shows Gayatri Singh of the Government Polytechnic College apologising to ABVP workers with folded hands in the office of the college principal on Tuesday. ABVP workers are seen arguing with the principal comfortably ensconced in chairs while the lecturer stands nearby and pleads with them.
In the video, Gayatri Singh can be heard pleading “Please forgive me and don’t harass me mentally. I apologise to you people. I live alone in this town and you people are harassing me.”
Breaking down, the lecturer could be heard saying: “You are harassing me. This is absolute harassment…donations are sought in the name of Ganesh Pooja”.
The video, posted by Bhopal-based journalist Kashif Kakvi on X, claims that the lecturer was accused of being strict in the exams.
“This is Gayatri Singh, lecturer at Shajapur Polytechnic College, Madhya Pradesh. She was accused of being strict during the examination. In protest against this, ABVP workers created a ruckus in the principal’s office and levelled allegations against her. A saddened Gayatri Singh cried and folded her hands and apologised. Well, after the uproar the exam was simplified. Under the leadership of ABVP, the state is rapidly progressing in the field of education,” wrote Kakvi on X in Hindi.
Talking to reporters, Principal Vipul Parmarthi denied that the lecturer was mentally harassed by ABVP workers.
“There was nothing offensive there. There was a normal crowd. She has accused them of mental harassment. But there is nothing like that. We have not received any complaint in this regard. She might be a little worried because there were many students,” he said.
According to reports, ABVP workers accused her of defaming the organisation. They alleged that the lecturer claimed that ABVP workers were disturbing the college’s peace. When the workers were asked to provide any proof, they failed to do it.
The ABVP workers also brought forward a student, Lakhan, alleging that he was told by the lecturer about the ABVP. However, the student also said that he had just heard from others.
The lecturer flatly denied having said the ABVP workers were disturbing the peace of the college.
“I am a lecturer in the electrical department. I am accused of saying ABVP students are spoiling the atmosphere of the college. The allegation is incorrect. I’m strict regarding the rules and regulations. Therefore, I’m being mentally harassed,” she said.
Singh further pointed out that the student who accused her was from the medical department. She has seen him but never interacted with him. When she asked for the proof, he did not give any.
