Jammu university panel recommends dropping Jinnah, Sir Syed, Iqbal from syllabus

The Jammu University’s move to consider dropping Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Indian educator Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and poet Mohammad Iqbal from the postgraduate programmes on Monday evoked sharp criticism from the National Conference (NC), which is the ruling party in Jammu and Kashmir, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“After a thorough consideration, the committee [of Jammu University] unanimously resolved to recommend the removal of topics concerning Jinnah, Khan and Iqbal from the course content of the one-year postgraduate programme and two-year postgraduate programme in Political Science to the Board of Studies (BOS) for its consideration,” said a notice issued by the Head of Department, Political Science.

This followed protests by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday (March 20, 2026). They demanded that a chapter on Jinnah be dropped following which the university’s departmental affairs committee (DAC) chaired a meeting on Sunday (March 22) “to deliberate upon the issues raised concerning the syllabi”.