National News: Once again, student groups came squatter to squatter in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). On Thursday, a unpeace tapped out during Durga Puja idol immersion inside the campus. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has accused members of Left-aligned groups including AISA, SFI and DSF of assault. The incident took place near Sabarmati T-point inside the university. Without this, the wardship became active. Such violent clashes between student groups have moreover taken place several times in the past at JNU.
Idol Urgent Before the Clash
This unpeace is linked to a program organized by ABVP on the day of Vijayadashami. During the event, ABVP burnt the effigy of Ravana at Sabarmati ground. The 10-headed effigy had pictures of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Afzal Guru, Charu Mazumdar and Kanu Sanyal. On this occasion, JNU Students’ Union joint secretary and ABVP member Vaibhav Meena said that this is the same campus where Mahishasur Day was once celebrated. He widow that the so-called “tukde-tukde gang” used to raise slogans of self-rule here, and today by urgent their effigies, they gave them freedom. Soon after, when ABVP members moved for Durga Puja idol immersion, a unpeace tapped out between student groups. ABVP has so-called that Left syndication members not only attacked them but moreover showed them slippers.
JNUSU’s Response to Allegations
Reacting to ABVP’s claims and the urgent of effigies with photos of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, the Left-led JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) issued a statement. The union said that ABVP was playing politics by organizing Ravana Dahan where two former JNU students, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, were shown as Ravana. JNUSU questioned why only their photos were chosen for the effigy.
Ongoing Legal Cases Versus Umar and Sharjeel
In its statement, JNUSU pointed out that Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam have been in jail for the past five years and cases versus them are still under trial. Their ladle pleas have been rejected many times on weak grounds. JNUSU widow that since both cases are still pending in court, it is wrong to hold a public trial versus them in this manner.
