At Tiranga march, call for action against ‘anti-nationals’ resonates

NEW DELHI: The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) led by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) took out a “Tiranga Rally” and marched from Ramjas College to Arts Faculty on Monday.

DUSU said the march was called by students from different colleges, who wanted them to lead it.

“This rally is by common students who had asked DUSU to lead it. Students are against those who organised the event and called Umar Khalid. We want action against those from the Left student organisations who indulged in violence and beat up common students,” said Satinder Awana, former DUSU president.

Violent clashes had broken out following the cancellation of a literary event at Ramjas college with ABVP on one side and Left Wing student organisations along with students from different DU colleges on the other.

The protesting students, mainly belonging to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) student wing ABVP said they were protesting against the All India Students Association (AISA) “for shouting anti-India slogans”.

Awana said that they also wanted action against the teachers who had allegedly raised anti-national slogans at Ramjas College.

At the march, students raised slogans against Left-leaning students organisation such as AISA and alleged that students from JNU had come to campus on Wednesday and indulged in violence. “We won’t let DU become JNU Part 2. Every student of this university loves the country. We are being accused of indulging in violence but the truth is it was the others who beat up common students,” said Ankit Singh Sangwan, general secretary DUSU.

We won’t let DU become JNU part 2. Every student of this university loves the country. We are being accused of indulging in violence but it was others who beat up students. ANKIT SINGH, general secretary, Delhi University Students Union