Former CM Ashok Gehlot, LoP Jully Slams Rajasthan University's 'Dalit-Hostile' Neglect: Ambedkar Chair Scrapped in Secrecy, Phule Removed from Syllabus!
Geetha Sunil Pillai | 04 January 2026 | The Mooknayak
Jaipur- Rajasthan's former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully unleashed a blistering attack on Rajasthan University (RU), branding its handling of the dissolved Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair as a "Dalit-hostile" conspiracy that reeks of systemic erasure of social justice icons. In a scathing statement, Jully connected the dots between the chair's quiet scrapping by the central government and the recent removal of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule from the university's curriculum, vowing that such "calculated sabotage" will not go unchallenged.
The controversy erupted from an investigative report by Dainik Navjyoti, which revealed RU's shocking ignorance of the Ambedkar Chair's abolition due to prolonged inactivity….