THE Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch in a statement issued on May 30 has condemned the anti-democratic move of the administration of the IIT Madras that has de-recognised the Ambedkar–Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a voluntary body of students that has been functioning on the IIT Madras campus. The dean of students has cancelled the recognition given to APSC for its criticism of the policies of the RSS and the BJP government. It clearly shows the intolerance of the BJP led government at the centre to any dissent and criticism of its policies. It does not wash to say that the HRD ministry or the Government of India have got nothing to do with the de-recognition, as the joint secretary of the ministry himself admits that it is they who had forwarded the complaint to the IIT-M. The entire episode smacks of authoritarian tendencies and intolerance, now becoming the hallmark of the BJP government, the statement said. The DSMM demands the IIT-M to immediately withdraw the order derecognising the APSC and also the Government of India to rescind from its intolerance to criticism. The DSMM calls upon all the democratic sections in the society to join hands with the protesting students and resist these attempts to curb dissent.