Kerala minister condemns bid to drop rappers’ songs from university syllabus
Press Trust of India | July 20, 2025 | 06:25 PM IST | 1 min read
Calling the recommendation "condemnable," the minister alleged it was part of the Sangh Parivar's bid to saffronise higher education. He said the songs were reportedly dropped after a complaint by governing body members appointed by the chancellor.
NEW DELHI: The recommendation of an expert panel to "exclude" songs by well-known Malayalam rapper Vedan and singer-composer Gowry Lekshmy from the degree syllabus of Calicut University has drawn sharp criticism from State General Education Minister V Sivankutty. Terming the recommendation "condemnable," the minister, in an official statement on Sunday, alleged that the move was part of the Sangh Parivar's agenda to "saffronise" the higher education sector.
He said the decision to remove the songs was reportedly made following a complaint filed by members of the university's governing body, appointed by the chancellor. Those who "recommended the removal of the songs", he claimed, lacked an "understanding of the international significance of rap music." In his statement, the minister also emphasised that the vice chancellor should recognise Kerala’s "cultural consciousness and its tradition of embracing diversity."
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Quick Watch
]Next Story
]Featured News
]- ‘Locally rooted, nationally relevant’: NLU Meghalaya VC on CLAT-only admissions, new LLB courses, research
- ‘Hacker’s bent of mind’: IIT Kanpur, Madras B.Cybersecurity course to train ‘cyber warriors’, says in-charge
- A decade on, Mahatma Gandhi Central University has 5 campuses, none permanent; CAG flags lapses
- Visva-Bharati: SC, ST, OBC forum seeks audit of VBU’s spending, recruitment; writes to education ministry
- MGCU Motihari’s expulsion of MA student unfair; Patna HC orders university to reinstate him
- Maharashtra: MAFSU Nagpur gets first pvt veterinary, dairy technology colleges, doubles BVSc & AH seats
- West Bengal forms panel to decide fate of 933 schools with no students, may hand buildings to other depts
- ‘Not individual failure’: IIT Bombay students protest suicide, want director to quit, action against professor
- West Bengal crackdown on 252 ‘unrecognised’ madrassas leave parents scrambling for alternatives
- NEET PG Counselling: NMC frames branch-specific guidelines for MD, MS admissions of disabled candidates