Rama Sharma, the principal of Delhi University’s Hansraj College, on Wednesday said that the decision to not serve non-vegetarian food in hostel and canteen will not be revoked since the institution follows the philosophy of the Arya Samaj, reported PTI.
Since the college re-opened in February last year after the Covid-19 lockdown, the administration has stopped serving non-vegetarian food to its students. Student bodies have raised objections against the decision over the last few weeks.
On Wednesday, Sharma claimed that 90% of the college’s students are vegetarian and they had earlier protested over non-vegetarian food being served in the hostel. She also denied students’ claims that no notice had been issued about the meat ban, saying that the hostel prospectus mentions that no non-vegetarian food will be served at the hostel.
“We are not going to withdraw the notice regarding non-veg food,” Sharma told PTI. “It is an Arya Samaj college. We have our philosophy and that is why we won’t serve non-veg food…We don’t ask St Stephen’s [college] to conduct ‘havan’, we don’t interfere with Khalsa College rules. Then why are we being questioned?”
Meanwhile, students at the Hansraj College will hold a protest against the college administration on Friday, demanding that non-vegetarian food be served on…
