Northeast Delhi has been under the scanner of communal riots since last week. BJP leader Kapil Mishra remains in the controversy surrounding the riots that occurred in the national capital.
Mishra, in the spotlight for his provoking remarks calling for the forceful removal of citizenship law protesters last week after which pro-CAA mobs appeared and clashed with those protesting the law.
He had earlier also raised slogans urging mobs to “shoot the traitors.” The Delhi Police has, meanwhile, sought more time to register an FIR against Mishra, as they are investigating Mishra’s role in the matter.
However, in a recent, the students of Delhi School of Social Work, Delhi University which is the alma mater of Mishra, have already condemned his alleged role in inciting the violence and have distanced themselves from his actions.
The DSSW’s student union issued a statement in this regard and said that Mishra was a “blot” on DSSW’s illustrious alumni network.
The student union’s statement said, “We are ashamed of Kapil Mishra and also that he studied social work in our college. The image of our department and social works profession has been tarnished due to his provocative acts and statements.”
“Kapil Mishra does not deserve to be called a DSSW alumnus,” the statement added.
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DSSW student union president Anish Kumar, also a member of Swaraj India party, said that the statement was passed unanimously by the body and all cell members agreed that Mishra’s actions maligned the DSSW’s reputation and the social workers’ profession.
“The union believes that Kapil Mishra is one of the persons responsible for the incitement of violence. His hateful speech and the communal disharmony it created culminated into the riots,” he said.
Kumar also clarified that the statement was issued by the student union alone, and although the administration was intimated before its release, the union alone was responsible for it.
For the uninitiated, more than 39 people have lost their lives and more than 200 injured in the violence that unfolded in Maujpur, Jafrabad, Babarpur, Yamuna Vihar, Shiv Vihar, Bhajanpura, Chand Bagh, Ghonda, among other areas in northeast Delhi from Sunday.
