DAV Remembers P N Singh Yadav's Legacy

VARANASI: DAV PG College marked the 22nd death anniversary of former manager P N Singh Yadav with a memorial programme centred on social justice and inclusive policy, using the occasion to connect institutional memory with a continuing public argument about equality. Former MP Dr Sudha Yadav, a member of the BJP parliamentary board and central election committee, delivered the principal address.

Dr Yadav described P N Singh Yadav as a campaigner who used education to pursue equal rights for backward and marginalised communities. She argued that social justice begins with individual responsibility and with assisting people facing social and economic disadvantage without discrimination. College manager Ajit Kumar Singh Yadav welcomed her and presented a memento, stole and flowers, according to the report.

Memorial events can become predictable sequences of garlands and praise. A themed seminar gives them a better chance of producing disagreement, evidence and questions from students. The phrase 'social justice' is broad; speakers make it useful when they connect it to admissions, scholarships, representation, disability access, gender safety and the ordinary treatment of workers on campus.

DAV's decision to remember a former manager through public discussion reflects the role educational institutions play in preserving local political history. That history should be documented with dates, archives and multiple voices. Reverence alone can flatten a complicated life. Students benefit from knowing what specific campaigns Yadav led, who worked with him and what outcomes remain visible in the college or city.

Dr Yadav also expressed regret that the campus did not have a statue of P N Singh Yadav and hoped the management would install one. A statue can mark institutional memory, but it should be accompanied by accessible archival material rather than substitute for it. Any proposal would need a transparent decision, design, funding source and maintenance plan.

The college could publish the lecture, invite student responses and digitise documents relating to Yadav's tenure. An annual essay or research grant on inclusion would create a living memorial with academic value. Speakers from different ideological positions should be included in future editions so the seminar does not become an endorsement platform for one party.

Students attending public lectures should be able to ask questions without risking academic consequences. Organisers should provide the speaker list and theme in advance and clearly identify political affiliations. Remembering a figure associated with social justice carries a simple obligation: the event itself should be open, inclusive and willing to examine claims with the same seriousness it gives to tribute.

This report is based on a Live Hindustan account published on 26 August 2026. Dalimss News independently rewrote, checked and contextualised the available information. Where a claim, allegation or opinion is attributed to a person or institution, it remains their statement; no on-scene reporting or independent interview is claimed.