Delhi: Year after violence, parallel marches by JNUSU and ABVP

Said JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, who received 16 stitches on her head after allegedly being hit by iron rods, “Last year, we were standing at the same place to ensure there is no violence in campus… They did not know how to break our peaceful democratic movement by way of ideas, that is why they thought if they beat us with lathis and rods, they will break our movement… We are fighting for a socially inclusive, gender inclusive JNU. Even if we are beaten up again, we will respond with debate and dissent.” JNUSU vice-president Saket Moon said they had collected to raise their “voice for justice”.

The ABVP too held a padyatra from Sabarmati dhaba to the main gate against ‘Red terror’, as they alleged it was the ‘communists’ who had turned violent last year. “What is saddening and unacceptable is the JNU administration and Delhi Police have still not taken any disciplinary and legal action against those who committed the January 5 violence even after one year,” said ABVP-JNU secretary Govind Dangi.

JNUTA also wrote a letter to the Registrar, saying, “While the conduct of the administration was circumspect from the start, both during and after the attack, its silence today confirms its complicity.” Registrar Pramod Kumar did not respond to calls and texts.