A story is going viral on social media X that the Director of NIT Hamirpur has cancelled the Navratri celebrations of the students in response to being scolded by cabinet minister Anurag Thakur, who was unhappy with the low attendance when he was invited as a guest.

As per a Twitter post, Anurag Thakur was invited for an event, but an unusually low number of students attended it. The post alleges that the cabinet minister blamed the director for not gathering the crowd. The director then blamed the students and cancelled the planned Navratri celebrations in anger for not turning up to the BJP Minister’s speech.

It is also being rumored that the cabinet minister scolded the director of NIT Hamirpur then and there on the stage itself for the low gathering of students.

NIT Hamirpur denies Allegations

The University confirmed on its X social media account that the cabinet minister attended the university program on 11th October and had a “meaningful interaction with Directors of IIT Mandi, IIT Ropar, IIT Jammu,&Indian Habitat Centre, Delhi & emphasised on meaningful participation so that students, faculty, and stakeholders.”

The University has also confirmed that the cabinet minister Anurag Thakur noticed the vacant seats and highlighted the importance of active participation in academic programmes.

The university on Twitter has denied the claims and points out that the proposal for celebrating Navratri on 14th October was submitted by the students on 13th October. The proposal was denied by the university. The University clarifies that the event is already planned for 17th October.