Allahabad University Joins BANdwagon: Dissenting Voices Being Silenced, Say Students
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 10 September 2025 | The Telegraph
The centrally funded Allahabad University has disallowed public meetings, awareness programmes and rallies on the campus without permission, a measure decried by students as contrary to the idea of freedom and free debate.
The university on Monday issued a notification suggesting that students would have to seek permission for such events.
This is to notify that organising rallies, public meetings, cultural or sports events, awareness programmes, etc, within the premises of the University of Allahabad shall require the prior permission of the competent authority, subject to the discretion of the Competent Authority. Any such event organised without prior approval shall be treated as unauthorised and shall not be permitted,” the notification stated….