Violent clashes between ABVP, Left students in JNU; many injured

Students affiliated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and those associated with left parties like AISA, SFI and JNUSU were involved in a fresh clash last night with both parties accusing each other of violence. The clash erupted when they allegedly got into an argument over organising a programme at the student union hall in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, said Delhi police today. Several students were reportedly injured in the clash. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) accused each other of violence.

“The Left has once again shown their true face by attacking the ABVP workers meeting in JNU. ABVP strongly condemns the attack on JNU workers and demands from JNU Administration and Delhi Police to take strict action against such chaotic and goonda elements,” said the ABVP on Twitter.

The ABVP Delhi alleged ‘campus naxalism’. “In yet another instance of Campus Naxalism, Left parties violently attacked a peaceful meeting of ABVP activists in JNU earlier tonight. Finger of a MA student was broken in this brutal assault, a Divyang student was manhandled, and various ABVP activities were hit,” it said.