A clash broke out between left organizations and students of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad over alleged objectionable remarks on Lord Ram during the University Governing Council meeting at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday night.
JNU Students Union alleged that ABVP members made casteist remarks against JNUSU officials. JNUSU had called this meeting to discuss the issue of taking part in the Internal Complaints Committee elections. The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) is the body established to hear complaints of sexual harassment on the university campus.
JNUSU opposing ICC
JNUSU has been opposing the formation of ICC in place of Sexual Harassment Gender Sensitivity Committee (GSCASH) for a long time. The university abolished GSCASH in 2017.
In a statement on Tuesday, JNUSU alleged that ABVP members forcibly entered the UGBM meeting, reached the stage, assaulted and threatened their members.
blame each other
Student organizations are blaming each other for the dispute. Left organizations issued a statement saying that ABVP people always forcefully enter the UGBM meetings and create ruckus. The organization said that JNUSU President Dhananjay, Vice President Avijit Ghosh and Joint Secretary Mohammed Sajid along with other students were also harassed. He was hurled caste based abuses and Dhananjay was even called despicable.
JNUSU said in the statement that ABVP members threatened Joint Secretary Sajid and said, they will make you Najeeb too. Let it be known that Najeeb Ahmed was a student of JNU, who went missing from his hostel in 2016 and has not been found till date. The meeting continued till 2.30 in the night.
ABVP statement on controversy
ABVP said that left organizations made derogatory comments against Lord Ram. ABVP said in a statement that a left member in JNU UGBM condemned the derogatory remarks made against Prabhu Shri Ram. Left organizations also made objectionable comments on Savarkar ji during his speech.
