A pre-Diwali program at Jamia College, an annual occasion organized by ABVP and college college students, was disrupted after tensions flared on campus. The ABVP alleged that some people tampered with the Diwali lamps and rangoli utilizing their toes, although official affirmation of those claims continues to be pending.
Additionally they claimed that the pre-Deepavali celebration, ‘Jyotirgamaya 2024,’ was met with slogans like ‘Palestine Zindabad’ and ‘Allahu Akbar’. The incident led to heated confrontations, with either side chanting slogans and grabbing one another by the collar. The scenario has since calmed down with heavy police deployment.
The commotion occurred close to Gate No. 7 contained in the campus. Police, together with the DCP South East, Further DCP, and SHOs from a number of stations, have been current on the scene. The police and college students have now dispersed, and paramilitary forces together with native police have been deployed round Jamia College for added safety.
In the meantime, the College students’ Federation of India-JMI alleged that outsiders have been introduced contained in the campus they usually thrashed college college students. “Within the guise of celebrating the pageant Diwali, Rashtriya Kala Manch, an ABVP-affiliated group, invited ABVP goons from exterior to disrupt the campus peace by making a communal ambiance on the campus premises. This group invited outstanding goons like Ram Kumar, and Harsh Attri, who’re additionally the state leaders of ABVP Delhi. ABVP DUSU candidate, Bhanu Pratap Singh, was additionally current alongside them. These folks, within the guise of festivities, additional got here together with their gang of native goons who tried shouting communal slogans like ‘Jai Shree Ram’ within the face of girls Muslim college students while misbehaving with them,” mentioned the SFI in a press release.
The SFI alleged that when objected, they ‘unleashed brutal violence over the scholars’. “At this level, the police intervened by implementing a heavy lathi cost which additionally ended up hurting and scaring the frequent college students whereas the precise goons remained protected,” mentioned the SFI.
