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Ramjas violence provoked by outsiders, blame put on us: ABVP

  •   Tue, Feb 28 2017 09:11:44 PM

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI): The RSS-backed Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today claimed that the recent violence at DU's Ramjas college was provoked by "outsiders" and the blame has been put on them by the "anti-nationals".

The student outfit has called for a protest on March 2 against the entry of outsiders on campus and their alleged attempts to "pollute" the atmosphere.

"There is lot of hue and cry about ABVP's involvement in the violence. We would like to put on record that the violence was provoked by outsiders and the 'anti-nationals' have put the blame on us," Saket Bahuguna, ABVP's National Media Convener said during a press conference.

"The outsiders are not only polluting the academic and peaceful atmosphere of the university but are also provoking violence. We had not gone to attack anybody but only went to calm the situation that day and to ensure that there is no clash of ideologies in our classroom," he added.

Ramjas college had last week witnessed large-scale violence between members of the AISA and the ABVP. The genesis of the clash was an invite to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid to address a seminar on 'Culture of Protests' which was withdrawn by the college authorities following opposition by the ABVP.

"This is for the first time that such widespread violence has been witnessed at Delhi University and it is not because of ABVP. Our organisation has been part of the students union for years, why such violence took place now is because of the involvement of outsiders," Bahuguna said.

"We have called for a massive protest on March 2 to agitate against the presence of outsiders on DU campus and their attempts to vitiate the atmosphere," he added.

Meanwhile, the ABVP had earlier in the day approached police to lodge an FIR against those who have threatened army martyr's daughter Gurmehar Kaur of raping her.

Kaur, who had last week started a social media campaign "I am not afraid of ABVP" which went viral, had claimed that she had received "rape threats" allegedly from members of ABVP.

However, she withdrew from the campaign today and left for her hometown in Jalandhar.
  

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  • R Mallar, Kasaragod/ Dubai

    Wed, Mar 01 2017

    Did I see in the TV Yechuri, Raja and others today? or are they students like Kannaiyah?

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Tue, Feb 28 2017

    Ashbya Besharam violent people(ABVP) can go to any extent proving they are not guilty. There are True Confessions of an ABVP Foot Soldier who proudly say ‘We Beat Teachers Too’
    Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid were closely associated with the protests led by Kanhaiya Kumar early last year against attempts to criminalise debate and dissent at Jawaharlal Nehru University. The Modi government at the Centre actively stoked the fire in JNU, pushing the Delhi police to file trumped up charges against the student leaders and activists. Though the police case quickly fizzled out, the BJP and ABVP used the hysteria they had generated to stir the pot of narrow nationalism and circumscribe basic freedoms that students in universities must enjoy as they debate diverse ideas. Universities have the mandate to promote open discussion and that is why, historically, parties and politicians who dislike democracy tend to turn campuses into battlefields. The BJP and sangh parivar are no different. After coming to power in 2014, they have not taken kindly to the liberal spaces that have evolved in various universities over the years. The tragic suicide of Rohith Vemula, the attack on JNU, and the spate of incidents involving the ABVP at universities in Allahabad, Ranchi, Lucknow, Mahendragarh and Jodhpur speak to the rapid shrinking of such liberal democratic spaces. It is also an open secret that the ABVP enjoys the blessings of the very top – both at the party and government level – to act as moral police, even to the extent of taking the law into their own hands.
    Polarisation, ‘Nationalism’ BJP’s Unholy Mix of Strategies will only produce Vandals, Not Vidyarthis. Aspiring nation of start up India, Stand up India or Digital India will fall flat.

    Jai Hind

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  • ABDUL RAFIQ, Uchila

    Tue, Feb 28 2017

    Lashkar-E-Toiba & Jaish-E-Mohd also never admitted their blunders which they committed across India and Pakistan.

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  • Swamy, Mangalore

    Tue, Feb 28 2017

    For those who agree with this statement and praise ABVP and RSS will get honorary PM post and may be they will get his Rs10 lakhs suit to wear.

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