Violence was planned to unsettle Jamia: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has blamed the Left for the violence in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

In a press conference on Monday at the university campus, the ABVP claimed that at least 25 of its activists were injured, while another 10 activists were missing, ever since the attack. ABVP’s JNU wing leader Lalit claimed: “Sabarmati hostel was attacked. Entire violence is to stop students from registering in the new semester.”

Referring to a purported video which was earlier tweeted by the ABVP, he asked: “What will Aishe (JNUSU President) say about her leading goons to the Periyar hostel, which was vandalized soon after?”

Manish Jagid, whose left arm was fractured in Sunday’s violence too alleged that left-aligned students came into the Periyar hostel on Sunday and started shouting “Kahan hai Manish?” Manish was the ABVP presidential candidate at JNU in 2019.

Meanwhile, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad activist Nidhi Triptahi saw a “pre-planned approach” to Sunday’s violence. She said: “Yesterday’s violence was a planned one. Why nothing like this occurred before the 5th of January. It did on 5th because Jamia was set to open.” She added: “The strategist behind this act wanted to trigger another spell in Jamia.” (IANS)

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