Onam poster showed ‘political adjustment’ of celebration: JNU

A representation of king Mahabali curtained in the colours of the Palestinian flag on the poster of the occasion “Onam of Solidarity” appears to be the factor behind the JNU administration rejecting trainees authorization to hold the program at the Convention Centre on school on Thursday. A controlled program was later on held near Sabarmati Hostel, consisting of a cultural occasion and a banquet. The university administration in a post on its authorities social networks manage called the poster a “political control of a celebration”. The poster for the occasion in concern was shared by the JNU Onam Committee, a chosen body of trainees, on October 31. The poster has “Onam of Solidarity” as the header in both English and Malayalam and illustrates Mahabali, who is related to the celebration, using a black mundu (garment used around the waist) with a white, green, and red border. The JNU Onam Committee in a declaration stated, “The Onam cultural night and Onasadhya (a banquet) we reserved for November 9 in the Convention Centre was cancelled by the administration arbitrarily pointing out the factor that Onam is a spiritual celebration.” “We disagree with such an analysis of our State celebration. We condemn this anti-South Indian, anti-Kerala discrimination versus our neighborhood,” the declaration included. In a declaration on its authorities social networks manages, the JNU administration stated Onam was commemorated in August. “The very first poster launched (by the trainee body) was a political adjustment of a celebration. The JNU administration is nonreligious and all so-called cultural celebrations can not be commemorated long after they are over. The later variation (of posters) was for a food celebration. All posters altered. No letter was sent out to the Vice Chancellor for authorization,” it stated. Tharoor backs trainees The st
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