Press Release, 24 February 2014 Helpline not for helping academic functioning: Instrument to favour and punish The DUTA strongly condemns the attempt by the Vice-Chancellor yet again to humiliate the teachers of the university by way of slanderous accusations of absenteeism and threats of setting up a helpline to catch “truant” teachers. This is nothing but a publicity stunt like his earlier raids conducted in colleges to shift the blame for the failure of the FYUP onto teachers and to malign them. This can be seen as a reaction to the growing solidarity between students and teachers in the fight against the FYUP, as was evident in the huge turnout in the March to Parliament on 18th February 2014. As in the past, the administration has retaliated instead of addressing the resentment and anger of students and teachers against the ill-conceived FYUP. Repeated attempts at defaming teachers have not been based on facts and have been countered by teachers. If the VC were to have