New Delhi, April 24 -- Dozens of teachers at Delhi University's (DU) Dyal Singh Evening College protested on campus on Thursday against the administration's plan to rename the institution "Banda Singh Bahadur" after the Sikh warrior- a move expected to be considered for approval at an upcoming executive council meeting. The protest was organised by the Staff Association. They demanded an immediate meeting with the administration on the issue as well as written assurance that the college would not be relocated from its existing location in south Delhi's Lodhi Colony area.

Association president, Mithilesh Kumar Singh, said the issue resurfaced in December last year, after nearly a decade, when DU vice chancellor Yogesh Singh mentioned rena...