Harvard University removes courses taught by Subramanian Swamy - India

07 dec 2011

Harvard University removes courses taught by Subramanian Swamy

Dr Sanjay Kumar Cardiac Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon India

New Delhi:  The Harvard University has dropped courses taught by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy because of a controversial article he wrote this summer that was deemed to be offensive to Muslims. After Mr Swamy's article was published in an Indian newspaper, a group of Harvard students had urged the University to cancel the courses that he teaches every summer at the university.

In October, an FIR was filed against Mr Swamy for his article. He was charged with Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code for spreading enmity between communities.

Mr Swamy is one of the main petitioners in the Supreme Court for the telecom scam, also referred to as "the 2G scam" after the sort of spectrum involved. Mr Swamy believes the case against him is a manifestation of political vendetta. "I wrote the article in July, the FIR is filed in October," he had said. "The motive seems to be for my stand on 2G."

Mr Swamy had urged the Supreme Court to monitor the investigation into the 2G scam, which is being conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Mr Swamy has recently asked the court to direct the CBI to investigate the alleged role of P Chidambaram, currently the Home Minister, in the scam. When the telecom scam unfolded in 2008, Mr Chidambaram was Finance Minister.