JNU left-leaning were violently attacked by ABVP for eating meat; in other parts of India houses burned, and mosques were vandalized.
Allegedly, ABVP Students Attack Left-Wing Students for Eating Meat
Violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus erupted after a dispute over non-vegetarian food being served on campus that left several left-wing students wounded and bleeding. The incident took place in the Kaveri Hostel on Sunday, after members of the right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad protested against non-vegetarian food being served on Ram Navami, a Hindu festival and they were doing pooja on the campus. The ABVP; however, has claimed that the clashes began after left-wing students tried to stop a Ram Navami puja, which the left-wing students denied.
According to the police, six left-wing students were injured. Photos and videos of the incident circulated on social media showed a student bleeding from the forehead and another with injuries on his back.
Anagha Pradeep, councilor of JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU), spoke to Indian Express and said, “Every Sunday, both non-vegetarian and vegetarian food is cooked in all hostels. This is the usual practice. ABVP students were having some event near Kaveri Hostel and when the vendor came to deliver chicken, they stopped him. They harassed and heckled both him and the mess secretary, saying that a havan is being held and non-vegetarian food can’t be cooked,”
The ABVP on the other hand claimed that Left groups had disrupted a Ram Navami puja on campus. ABVP activists however claimed non-vegetarian food was not an issue. “Common students of JNU were conducting a Ram Navami havan in the Kaveri Hostel but the Leftists wanted to bring discord and came to prevent it from happening and stop people from joining. It was supposed to start at 3:30 pm but could only start by 5 pm because of the ruckus. No one objected to non-vegetarian food, this controversy has been created as a cover… An iftar party and the havan were taking place simultaneously in the hostel with no issues,” claimed Umesh Ajmeera, secretary ABVP-JNU, according to the newspaper.
Police said on Sunday night that the violence had stopped and the campus was now calm. “There is no violence as of now. A protest was held which is over. We are all positioned here with our team. At the request of the university, we have come here. We are trying to maintain peace,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Manoj C. was quoted as saying by PTI.
The Kaveri mess committee, which is run by students, supported the allegation that ABVP members were trying to stop non-vegetarian food from being served. The committee has written to the dean of students, asking for action to be taken against those people:
“Today, a group of people arbitrarily asked the meal manager not to cook non-veg (chicken) food for which he complied without informing the hostel and mess committee. The vendor who came to deliver the chicken was verbally abused, threatened, and manhandled. Students from outside of Kaveri hostel assaulted hostel committee members. The situation continues to be tense and we request immediate restoration of normalcy, which includes the pre-decided dinner menu of Kaveri hostel.”
In February 2022, the new JNU vice-chancellor, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit who has often put her Hindutva right-wing political views out in the open on Twitter, allegedly had earlier supported genocide calls for Muslims, slammed farmers, and later when this matter came to light, she quickly deleted her Twitter account, made a new one and denied that she had made those tweets.
A student writes, “ABVP goons, armed with sickles, pelting stones & assaulting students at the #JNU campus last night”
Thank you Modiji 🥺🙏 ABVP goons, armed with sickles, pelting stones & assaulting students at the #JNU campus last night.😷#JNUViolence pic.twitter.com/o3cf4oVP1P — SHIKHA (@Shikha__Rawat) April 11, 2022
“The cowardice attack on the AISA students by the goons of AVBP is completely a malpractice in the democratic system, Offensive behaviour of these goons is increasing day by day, their parental organisation are behind it.”
The cowardice attack on the AISA students by the goons of AVBP is completely a malpractice in the democratic system, Offensive behaviour of these goons is increasing day by day, their parental organisation are behind it.#JNUViolence — Shesh Narayan Ojha (@sheshnojha) April 10, 2022
Swati Singh types, “There are no two sides of the story, there is only one that ABVP has perpetrated violence on us! They hit us with whatever that came in their hands. JNU admin is totally complacent in giving impunity to these repeated offenders of @abvpjnu!
There are no two sides of the story, there is only one that ABVP has perpetrated violence on us! They hit us with whatever that came in their hands. JNU admin is totally complacent in giving impunity to these repeated offenders of @abvpjnu! #JNUViolence pic.twitter.com/eWUyIU59mj — Swati Singh (@itssinghswati) April 10, 2022
#JNU students marching to Vasant Kunj police station, demanding registration of FIR against the culprits #JNUSU @NBTDilli
#JNU students marching to Vasant Kunj police station, demanding registration of FIR against the culprits #JNUSU @NBTDilli pic.twitter.com/T1BKuYUBMY — Katyayani Upreti (@katyaupreti) April 10, 2022
The JNUSU released a statement alleging that the ABVP had made a concerted attempt using “muscle power and goondaism” to disrupt peace on campus. “JNU and its hostels are meant to be inclusive spaces for all and not one particular section,” it added.
Left groups held a protest outside the Vasant Kunj police station on Sunday night, asking for action to be taken against the ABVP members.
Runjhun Sharma @Runjhunsharmas · Tension in #JNU – ABVP stops students in JNU hostel from having non Veg food – ABVP assaults the mess secretary and other students.
Tension in #JNU – ABVP stops students in JNU hostel from having non Veg food – ABVP assaults the mess secretary and other students. Vai- JNUSU pic.twitter.com/S3mhr4NCJe — Runjhun Sharma (@Runjhunsharmas) April 10, 2022
A student narrates #ABVP's hooliganism for eating non-veg.#JNUAttack #JNUViolence pic.twitter.com/PPM10Jtu4z — Vibhor Ravi Gupta (@V_with_RG) April 10, 2022
“We saw ABVP members pelting stones from outside the Kaveri hostel gate, hitting with tube lights, branches, and rocks. They misbehaved, sexually and physically harassed women… We don’t have problems with someone’s prayers. SHO stood there, did nothing”: NS Balaji:
#JNUViolence | "We saw ABVP members pelting stones from outside Kaveri hostel gate, hitting with tube lights, branches, rocks. They misbehaved, sexually and physically harassed women… We don't have problems with someone's prayers. SHO stood there, did nothing": NS Balaji (ANI) — NDTV (@ndtv) April 11, 2022
All Hindu festivals have become "National anti-muslim mobilization Day". It should be called that only from now on. — Aamir Aziz (@AamirAzizJmi) April 11, 2022
The Last Attack in JNU in January 2020
On 5 January 2020, more than 50 masked people armed with rods, sticks, and acid attacked the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, injuring over 39 students and teachers. Many of the students received serious injuries. Even Professors who tried to intervene and protect the students, as well as ambulances carrying injured individuals, were attacked.
Eyewitnesses stated that police within the campus did not intervene to stop the mob. and after attacking residents of the university campus for three hours, the mob escaped; none of its members was arrested or detained.
Attacks on Muslims in Different Parts of India
Shockingly, there are attacks on Muslims in different parts of India.
Madhya Pradesh: There is chaos where the Hindutva burnt down ten houses and attacked mosques. There were more than two dozen people, including Superintendent of Police (SP) Siddharth Choudhary, injured in clashes that erupted during the Ram Navami procession in various areas of Khargone in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, forcing the administration to impose a curfew in some pockets of the city.
During Ram Navmi, Hindu Right Wing in India does not go to Ram temple to pray but goes to Mosques to throw stones and set them on fire! pic.twitter.com/991QUYftvC — Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) April 10, 2022
They did not spare an old Muslim woman and stole all her jewelry that she saved for her daughter’s wedding and then burnt down her house.
This house belongs to an old widow, Muslim, of course. She lives all by herself & her 4 daughters. Makes living by weaving flowers to make garlands. He house was first looted – jewellery she saved for her daughter's marriage and everything – and then the house was set on fire pic.twitter.com/0JvzAEaQga — Sharjeel Usmani (@SharjeelUsmani) April 10, 2022
Hindutva mob throwing rocks at a mosque in Khargone, India, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/uJgzYIbkZ6 — CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) April 10, 2022
Goa
Today #Hindutva mob attacked a Mosque at Baina, Goa during Muslims were buzy in Iftar. The question still rises will @DrPramodPSawant urge to make #GoaFiles? Will there be any action or Another #गोधराकांड will take place in Goa? pic.twitter.com/EqeLJP99pT — Shahid Shaikh | شاہد شيخ (@shahid_shk_) April 10, 2022
Rajasthan
Muslims are being blamed on social media by #Hindutva trolls for the violence in Rajasthan but what is happening there can be seen in this video. Heavily armed Hindu militants chanting Jai Shree Ram in Muslim locality and provoking Muslims
Muslims are being blamed on social media by #Hindutva trolls for the violence in Rajasthan but what is happening there can be seen in this video. Heavily armed Hindu militants chanting Jai Shree Ram in Muslim locality and provoking Muslims#Karauli #RSS pic.twitter.com/yaqWxBUwc5 — Explosive Exposure🗨️🇷🇺🇺🇦 (@ShortURL2021) April 3, 2022
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