ABVP supporters gather for the “Save DU March” while raising slogans of “Vande Mataram” and “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.
The latest round of sloganeering at ABVP's 'Save DU from anti-Nationals' protest march @TheQuint pic.twitter.com/muEeKZWB2N
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Veteran BJP leader and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while commenting on the Ramjas issue, said: “If someone talks of breaking the country, BJP will oppose them”.
RSS’ youth wing the Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP) will hold a “Save DU March” from Arts Faculty at 12 pm on Thursday.
The motive behind the march according to their Facebook page is “to join hands against the anti-national elements that try to hinder the peaceful atmosphere of our university” and against those “who talk about breaking the integrity of the country”.
The march comes a day after the ABVP staged a protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters demanding that a chargesheet be filed in last year's sedition case against three JNU students – Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya – for raising anti-India slogans.
The ABVP also seems to be in damage control mode after it suspended two of its members for their act of “indiscipline” on Wednesday. They had allegedly attacked a group of AISA supporters outside SGTB Khalsa college on 28 February after the anti-ABVP march had ended.
They even filed a complaint at Maurice Nagar Police Station against those who harassed 20-year-old DU student Gurmehar Kaur on social media. Kaur was threatened after initiating a campaign against ABVP after its supporters objected to a seminar at Ramjas College where JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid were invited to speak.
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(With inputs from PTI and ANI)