Bengaluru, July 31 -- Dayananda Sagar University Vice-Chancellor BS Satyanarayana on Friday urged political leaders to maintain "probity and dignity" in public discourse, warning against the pre-emptive discrediting of respected academic figures like IIT Madras Director Professor V Kamakoti following Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's "gaumutra expert" remark.

Speaking to ANI, BS Satyanarayana emphasised that public figures carry a heightened responsibility to exercise caution and avoid disparaging individuals who serve as non-partisan role models in academia and science.

"Our only request is that they should maintain probity; they should not disparage anybody else who is in public life and who is respected. Today there are very few ho...