New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Tuesday slammed author Arundhati Roy, saying her comments are "pure definition of hate speech".

The VC was speaking at a programme on 'Hate Speech and Electoral Politics in India' held at the university's Faculty of Law.

Arundhati Roy could not be reached for comment.

Quoting from one of Roy's old videos, Singh said, "The Indian state, from the moment it became a sovereign state, from the moment it shook off the shackles of colonialism, it became a colonial state and it has waged war since 1947 in Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland, Telangana, Punjab, Goa, Hyderabad. If you look at it, it is like a State that has been perpetually at war and a military war.

"Deploying the army against its own people, the State of Pakistan h

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