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ABVP, AISA activists clash over blocking of Umar Khalid’s visit to Ramjas college

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Source: India Today

Around 20 students were reportedly injured as two groups clashed at the Delhi University on Wednesday over the Ramjas College cancelling its invite to JNU’s Umar Khalid for a seminar.

A large number of policemen were seen trying to control the aggressive crowd.

Activists of the Left-backed All India Students Union or AISA had gathered in protest against the Ramjas College for allegedly cancelling its invite to Umar Khalid, one of the JNU students charged with sedition last year.

He and another student, Shehla Rashid, were to speak at a session on the culture of protest organised as part of a two-day seminar by the college literary society. But after protests by the BJP-linked Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), their talk was scrapped.

As AISA activists shouted slogans outside the college today, ABVP activists arrived too.

A section of teachers, students and AISA members had planned to march to a police station demanding action against ABVP members for alleged vandalism.

AISA activists claimed that on Tuesday, its activists threw stones, locked the seminar room and cut the power supply – charges that have been denied by the ABVP.

AISA activists say they were surrounded by ABVP members and not allowed to march.

“We were attacked, the cops did nothing. Our students were bleeding. They hurled bricks at us…They pulled the hair of women,” said Shehla Rashid.

The ABVP denied attacking protesters or even forcing the college to cancel its invite to the JNU students.

“There was no violence. The ABVP always promotes discussion. But you need to maintain decorum…The college students and teachers didn’t want Umar Khalid,” claimed ABVP leader Abhishek Verma.

Yesterday, the Ramjas college principal, Rajender Prasad said, “While the seminar will continue we decided to cancel participation of these two students. It is not that we do not advocate freedom of speech but it had to be done keeping peace and harmony of campus in mind.”

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