Dr. Gobardhan Das, Professor on the School of Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and the BJP’s candidate within the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls has give up the party. Last week he took cost as Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal.
“Before accepting my position (as Director) I have resigned from any political association. I have nothing whatsoever to do with any political outfit,” he informed The Hindu on Friday. Dr. Das, a professor of immunology, was energetic on social media through the pandemic and – earlier than COVID vaccines have been accessible – was an advocate for using the BCG vaccine (used to immunise towards childhood TB), as a prophylactic towards the coronavirus. He was additionally a really vocal, political commentator and had participated in tv debates as a “BJP leader” on a variety of points.
Lost meeting contest
Dr. Das, who contested on a BJP ticket within the Purbasthali Uttar (Purba Bardhaman) constituency, misplaced to Tapan Chatterjee of the AITMC by 6,700 votes, through the marketing campaign he had raised issues about violence directed at him by AITMC staff.
While Dr. Das has been off X (previously Twitter) all of this month, his final put up on 24th July ‘23 had political overtones: “Met @SuvenduWB ji at his Kolkata home and discussed the perilous law and order situation in my beloved Bengal. When a sitting DIG can brazenly refute the video-graphed assault on our BJP lady karyakarta, what else is left to say?”
Dr. Das told The Hindu that he had always separated his “scientific life” and “political life” and, in his new role, would be “far away from politics.” “As a professor, I contested elections with permission from my university (JNU). Even then (during electioneering) when I was in my lab or at university, I did not utter a single word on politics. I’m impartial and will probably be focussing my time and power on guaranteeing that IISER Bhopal scales new heights of excellence.”
IISER Bhopal is among the many seven such institutes that come beneath the Ministry of Education and have been conceived to coach college students within the primary sciences and put together them for analysis careers. Being centrally funded, school and directors are sure by CCS (Central Civil Services) authorities conduct guidelines that bar them from political actions throughout service.
He mentioned BJP was supportive of his choice, he was “encouraged and given the freedom” to pursue his pursuits.
