Indore, June 5 (IANS) The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday stayed the suspension of Professor Rajeshwar Shastri or Raju Musalgaonkar, head of the jyotirvigyan (astrological science) department at Ujjain's Vikram University, till the next hearing.
Shastri was suspended for violating the election model code of conduct after he wrote a Facebook post predicting 300 plus seats for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections.
Though he removed the post after it gained public attention, the Congress took the matter to the Election Commission (EC) seeking action against Shastri.
While staying the suspension, the vacation bench of Justice Vivek Rusia also issued notices to the Chief Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Department, the Chief Election Officer of MP, the District Election Officer and the Vikram University Vice-Chancellor asking them to reply within four weeks.
Interestingly, days after he was suspended, Shastri in another Facebook post claimed the Narendra Modi government would set new records of success in its second term.
(This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz