From Women Students to Filmmakers, DU Vice-Chancellor's 'Urban Naxal' Brush Spares None
Pheroze L. Vincent | 04 October 2025 | The Telegraph
To Delhi University vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh, the world around him is crawling with “urban Naxals”. He knows who they are: Women students demanding their hostel gates stay open as long as men’s do; students protesting their peers’ endless jail stay pending trial; even those who make films critical of Naxalites but add too much nuance for the VC’s comfort.
Singh delivered a sermon on the subject at a seminar held by a BJP think tank last week, only for it to get overshadowed by Union home minister Amit Shah’s speech against Maoism at the event. Undeterred, Singh has uploaded on YouTube his rant on “Why Campuses are the Targets”. It garnered nearly 2,000 views in the last four days.