LONDON: Indian spiritual guru gets a snub from London School of Economicsadministration for calling Pakistani student a ‘Taliban’.

The London School of Economics (LSE) has condemned Indian spiritual leaderJaggi Vasudev’s comments calling a Pakistani student “Taliban” during aninteraction at the LSE’s premises.

Bilal Bin Saqib, who is from Lahore, was the host of the event at the LSEwhere Vasudev delivered a lecture at the university called “Youth andTruth: Unplug with Sadhguru”. Vasudev had visited the LSE as part of hisYouth and Truth series wherein he has been invited to institutes across theworld to engage with students.

In a conversation recorded between the two off-the-stage, Bilal tellsVasudev about how he views life and stress. He says: “The night you aremeant to spend in the grave, you won’t be spending it outside anyways.”

To this Vasudev jokingly responded: “This guy is a proper Talibaniya here.”

When Bilal immediately asks what “Talibaniya” is, Indian spiritual leadersays, “Taliban, Taliban”.

A shocked Bilal then told Vasudev that his name was Bilal Bin Saqib.

The students’ union (LSESU), in a statement, said that it was “deeplydisappointed” by Vasudev’s comments and viewed them as “Islamophobic”.