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Indian foreign minister suggests ousting of Oxford student union president was due to racism Rashmi Samant resigned after Colleges passed motions of no confidence following backlash over her social media comments 15 March 2021 • 7:45pm Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told MPs he would be willing to take up the issue with Britain Credit: Indian Government/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Oxford University's student union has become embroiled in a diplomatic row after India's foreign minister suggested that the recent ousting of its president was due to racism. Rashmi Samant, a graduate studen...

Updated: Monday, March 15, 2021, 17:09 [IST] New Delhi, Mar 15: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said India will take up with the UK when required the alleged incidents of racism in Britain.He also described India as the land of Mahatma Gandhi and said it can never turn its eyes away from racism. S Jaishankar "As land of Mahatma Gandhi, we can never ever turn our eyes away from racism. Particularly so when it is in a country where we have such a large diaspora. We've strong ties with UK. We'll take up such matters with great candour when required," he said.

Indian-origin Rashmi Samant was the first Indian woman to be elected as the President of the Oxford University Students Union. However, her achievement was short-lived as she was forced to resign within a few days. A student of MSc energy systems at Oxford University, Samant was forced to resign within five days of her appointment over several of her social media posts which were labelled to be anti-Semitic and racist.

Rashmi Samant, Indian president-elect of Oxford student union quits over ‘racist’ social media posts India Updated: Friday, March 12, 2021, 9:38 [IST] New Delhi, Mar 12: After being elected the first Indian woman president of the University of Oxford's Students' Union, a 22-year-old student from Karnataka's Udupi was forced to quit after some of her old social media posts that were deemed to be "racist" and "insensitive". Rashmi Samant, a student of MSc in Energy Systems, contested the elections for Presidency of Student Union and won the election. She had positioned herself as an "inclus...

Kasaragod, Feb 23: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday requested the urgent intervention of the Centre on the new COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the Karnataka government on the entry of people from the state.