ABVP blames BHU V-C, administration for campus violence

VARANASI: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) – students’ wing of the BJP – has accused BHU vice-chancellor Prof Girish Chandra Tripathi and the university administration of mishandling the sexual harassment case with led to protests and violence on the campus.

ABVP has also written to the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) demanding action against the officials who did not take the sexual harassment case on the campus seriously. “Had the BHU vice-chancellor and the then chief proctor Prof ON Singh handled the girl’s complaint seriously, violence and cane-charging on students would not have taken place on the campus,” said Ghanshyam Shahi, secretary of ABVP’s Kashi region.

He said Prof Tripathi ignored the demand of the students and didnot hold a dialogue with them to defuse the situation.

“He didn’t take the pains to call on the girls who wanted to share their problems with him,” Shahi said. “ABVP had submitted a memorandum to the vicechancellor on March 4, drawing his attention towards growing anger among the girls over the lack of dialogue with the university administration,” he added.

“We again submitted a memorandum to BHU authorities on September 8, asking them to hold regular dialogue with girls and address their problems. However, our suggestions were not taken seriously,” he said.

› Had the BHU VC and the then chief proctor Prof ON Singh handled the girl’s complaint seriously, violence, canecharging on students would not have taken place on campus.

GHANSHYAM SHAHI, secretary, ABVP Kashi region