Left, Right fight it out on DU Ramayana row

New Delhi: Teachers and students of different colleges of Delhi University on Monday took to the streets condemning the varsity's decision to remove A K Ramanujan's essay on Ramayana, with some dubbing it a "fascist" move while pro-BJP outfit labelling it as an "attack" on academic freedom.

The group comprising representatives from pro-Left organisations, academics of history and other subjects and students took out a protest march starting from the Arts Faculty and touching colleges like Kirorimal, Hindu and St Stephens before concluding at the office of the Vice Chancellor to whom a memorandum was submitted.