Bareilly, January 26: Alankar Agnihotri, City Magistrate of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh and a 2019 batch PCS officer, resigned from his post on Monday with immediate effect. He presented his resignation to the media in Bareilly.
Alankar Agnihotri cited two main reasons for his resignation. First, he opposed the new University Grants Commission (UGC) rules and second, he alleged that the disciples of Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand of Jyotirmath in Prayagraj were allegedly mistreated and their hair was pulled.
He said that in Prayagraj, Swami Avimukteshwaranand and his disciples, the Batuk Brahmins, were beaten by the hair and beaten. The Brahmin community’s cultural honor is a hair, and insulting it is a crime.
Agnihotri said that the Brahmin MPs and MLAs in the state should resign. If they do not do so, the community will never forgive them. They think they will win elections by not protesting, but they will never be able to. He alleged that a campaign is being launched against the Brahmin community throughout the state.
Agnihotri said that when governments pursue policies that divide society and the country, it is necessary to oppose them.
Calling the new UGC regulations a “black law,” he said they are poisoning the academic environment in colleges and that the UGC should immediately withdraw them.
He has emailed his resignation to the Bareilly District Magistrate.
He explained the reasons for his resignation and also took a photo with a poster expressing his displeasure. The district administration has not yet commented on this matter.