India can ‘never turn eyes away from racism’, says Jaishankar on Oxford University row Last month, Rashmi Samant resigned as the president of the Oxford University student union after controversy on her old social media posts. Updated Mar 24, 2021 · 11:50 am Former Oxford University Student Union President Rashmi Samant. | Rashmi Samant/Twitter Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament on Monday that India can “never turn eyes away from racism” and will “champion the fight” against it, the Hindustan Times reported. Jaishankar’s response came after Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Ashwini Vaishnaw alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Rashmi Samant, an Indian student who quit from the post of the Oxford University student union president, was forced to do so as she was cyber bullied.