Experts say no to ‘Vande Mataram’ college

At a meeting chaired by veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar and attended by BJP legislator Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the group passed a resolution to seek the Centre’s intervention to keep the college name unchanged after the 19th century social activist Dyal Singh Majithia. 

“We are not talking about the trust or its ownership. We are neither trustees nor do we claim to be his (Dyal Singh’s) heir,” Sirsa told reporters here. “It’s the matter of national pride. Dyal Singh College, Punjab National Bank, Tribune newspaper are the legacy of Dayal Singhji... The name of the college cannot be changed at any cost. There is no reason to change the name.”