Defending lecturer Sandeep Wathar, Home Minister M.B. Patil, who is also chairman of BLDE Institutions, has asserted that the lecturer had not posted any derogatory or anti-India statement.

“What essentially the lecturer said in the post was that war brings destruction. What is wrong in that? I found nothing anti-national in the post. However, some slang used by him could be inappropriate. The college authorities, however, will examine and take suitable action,” he said.

He was replying to the incident of some ABVP members making the lecturer, of P.G. Halakatti Engineering College which falls under the BLDE, to come to his knees and apologise for the post on Saturday.

Mr. Patil told reporters that the action was nothing short of moral policing and the ABVP members had taken the law into their hands. He said he has asked the Superintendent of Police to take action against them.