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Ex-Diplomat Deepak Vohra Issues Unconditional Apology After LSR Lecture Uproar

The college’s BA Programme Department pledged tighter speaker screening after a campus outcry.

Overview

  • In a message to Principal Kanika Ahuja, Vohra offered an “unconditional” apology for remarks that upset students and staff.
  • The September 11 session, titled “Unstoppable India 2047,” was organised by the BA Programme Department and reportedly drew over 700 students.
  • Accounts and videos from the event describe jokes about having “four wives,” flirtatious comments directed at the principal, and slides presenting the Ram Temple consecration as a defining “freedom.”
  • The LSR Students’ Union condemned the address as misogynistic, derogatory, Islamophobic and queerphobic, and demanded a public apology.
  • More than 300 alumni signed a petition seeking administrative accountability, while the department distanced itself from Vohra’s views and committed to enhanced vetting.