The admin block of JNU Campus in New Delhi.
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A scuffle broke out late Friday, July 9, 2024 night time between RSS-affiliated ABVP and Left-backed teams on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus throughout a gathering on holding college students’ union polls, with each side claiming a few of their members had been injured.
While the warring teams blamed the opposite aspect for the ruckus, there was no fast response from the JNU administration.
The pupil teams clashed in the course of the University General Body Meeting (UGBM) on the Sabarmati Dhaba on the campus to elect members of the Election Commission for the 2024 JNUSU polls.
Left-affiliated Democratic Students’ Federation (DSF) alleged Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members obstructed the UGBM by encroaching upon the dias and heckling council members and audio system.
In movies shared by each the teams on social media, ABVP and JNU college students’ union members could be seen arguing, amid shouting and sloganeering as college safety personnel attempt to management the scenario.
“In response to the JNU Administration’s announcement of the start of the JNUSU elections for 2023-2024, the ABVP has teamed up with the administration to obstruct the UGBM called by the students and halt the democratic process initiated for the conduct of JNUSU election 2024,” the DSF mentioned in a press release.
The Students’ Federation of India claimed that JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh was attacked by ABVP college students and water was thrown at her in the course of the ruckus.
“Aishe Ghosh, president, JNUSU was heckled and shamelessly attacked by ABVP lumpens. They can be seen throwing water on a her. Such disgraceful behaviour against a female student of JNU should not be tolerated at any cost,” a press release mentioned.
Texts and calls to hunt a response from Ghosh on the declare didn’t elicit a response.
The proper wing college students group alleged ABVP-JNU secretary Vikas Patel was attacked by DSF activists. They mentioned one other pupil, Prashanto Bagchi, was thrashed in the course of the ruckus to settle private scores.
An MA ultimate 12 months pupil, Prafulla, was attacked with a pointy weapon, the ABVP alleged.
It additionally claimed a differently-abled pupil of BA Persian, Divyaprakash, was overwhelmed by college students from the left teams due to supporting ABVP.
Shifting the blame on the Left teams for the disruption, the ABVP mentioned in a press release, “Today, the all-party organised a University General Body Meeting at Sabarmati ground at 9.30 pm. At first JNUSU had passed casteist slurs to the mic and sound workers as they did not want ABVP to participate in the UGBM.
“The staff felt humiliated and backed off. However, ABVP activists talked to them and influenced them to not take away the mic and sound system. When the Left-led events (AISA, SFI, DSF and plenty of extra) noticed that the UGBM will happen anyhow, they tried to disturb the GBM. However, the ABVP failed all their techniques. At final, they began beating ABVP activists,” it added.
Numerous college students had gathered on the Sabarmati Dhaba on the campus to forged their vote for electing members of the EC on the UGBM.
Earlier within the day on Friday, the JNUSU had collected quorum (signatures from college students which is 1/tenth of the college’s energy) to start out the method of UGBM.
Source: www.thehindu.com
