The Ramjas college protests entered day three on Thursday, with students and teachers gathering outside the police headquarters at ITO in Delhi.
Speaking to The Quint, Umar Khalid said the “bullying tactics” of the ABVP cannot stop him.
Khalid, who is the center of the protest, said that ABVP’s actions were pre-planned.
“This was never about me. They made it about my presence to ensure that the seminar doesn’t happen. I was not even present on both the days of the violence. They are standing up to their true name – Akhil Bharatiya Vandalism Parishad,” he said.
DU's North Campus
witnessed clashes on Tuesday and Wednesday. A debate event at Ramjas College
became a flash point as students of Left- affiliated AISA and the RSS-backed
ABVP clashed.
So yesterday the protest
outside Ramjas college got violent. And I say this from personal experience
because I got beat up too. And yes my assaulter was a woman who happened to be
on the ABVP side of the police cordon. And I was standing where a lot of fellow
journalists were but I just happened to be the one directly within grab ‘n’
pummel reach. My colleagues, Anant and Shiv got thrashed as well. By the cops.
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“Cultures of Protest”, a two-day long seminar organised by Delhi University’s Ramjas College, had to be cancelled after members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad protested against the participation of Jawaharlal Nehru University students, Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid Shora.
Cultures of Protest”, a two-day long seminar organised by Delhi University’s Ramjas College, had to be cancelled after members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad protested against the participation of Jawaharlal Nehru University students, Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid Shora.
