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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the decision to change the name of an evening college in Delhi was not the government's decision and has been put on hold.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, SAD member Naresh Gujral said "unfortunately" the managing committee of the Dyal Singh College recently decided to rename the evening college of the institution as Vande Mataram Mahavidyalaya.
"But to change the name of a minority institution is a direct assault on the feelings of Sikhs...I feel this is something to be condemned," the SAD leader said and demanded that the managing committee should be replaced immediately.
Responding to this, Javadekar said the renaming was not the decision of the central government.
Javadekar further added that the Delhi University, with which the college is affiliated, has also been informed.
"Creating unnecessary controversies by playing with emotions is wrong," he added.
Gujral said philanthropist Dyal Singh Majithia had given his entire savings and life to the cause of education and set up several colleges and schools. There is a Dyal Singh College in Lahore also, he said.
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