New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the Delhi Metro today to attend the centenary celebrations of Delhi University. PM Modi was invited as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of DU centenary celebrations, which were launched on May 1, 2022 on the occasion of the university's foundation day.
Videos onboard the metro showed PM Modi sitting in as a common passenger and interacting with people during the metro ride from Lok Kalyan Marg Metro Station to Vishwa Vidyalaya Metro Station.
"Happy to have youngsters as my co-passengers," the PM tweeted, sharing a few pictures of his interaction with students inside the metro coach.
Later, while addressing the event, the Prime Minister shared his experience while travelling in the metro. "Like students here, I travelled by metro today. Students have a lot to talk about. Kaun si film dekhi , OTT pe woh series achhi hai, woh wali reel dekhi ya nahi dekhi (From discussing science topics to new series on OTT, they don't leave any subjects," PM Modi said.
During the programme, Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the Delhi University Computer Centre and the building of the Faculty of Technology and the academic block which will be built in the North Campus of the University.
Delhi University (DU) was founded in 1922 through an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognised as an Institute of Eminence by the University Grants Commission.
No black dresses, compulsory attendance, suspension of classes between 10 am to 12 pm are among the guidelines issued by Delhi University colleges for the live telecast of the varsity's centenary celebrations to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Hansraj College, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College and Zakir Husain Delhi College have made it compulsory for students and faculty to attend the live telecast of the event.
Several other colleges of the varsity, however, maintained that they have only "requested" the students and faculty to attend the event and that there is no attendance for the same, according to news agency PTI.
The Delhi University administration also clarified that they have not made attendance compulsory, adding the live telecast is being arranged so that those who cannot make it to the event can watch the same. Registrar Vikas Gupta said the varsity has not issued any order about compulsory attendance.