SFI strongly condemns the ABVP's act of turning Wednesday night's Presidential Debate, held as part of the JNU Students Union election process, into a site of outright violence and misogyny.
The politics of hooliganism by ABVP reached another level altogether yesterday. ABVP resorted to relentless shouting and beating of drums when Comrade N Sai Balaji, the United Left's president candidate, began to speak. The Election Committee (EC) had to stop Balaji thrice in between his speech to control the ABVP crowd. ABVP very evidently had come prepared to not let Comrade Balaji speak. The ABVP went berserk and very evidently most of them were not even students of JNU.
The goons of the ABVP were continuously pushing women comrades, the male cadres of ABVP were shamelessly manhandling. When Comrade Satarupa of SFI, also a former JNUSU General Secretary, was trying to video-record this violence, Vikas Patel of ABVP snatched her phone away. They then began severely manhandling and abusing her. Goons like Abhijit Dwivedi were trying to slap women comrades present there.
Seeing that, Comrade Abraham of SFI went to help Satarupa and she was then surrounded by about 10 ABVP men. She was molested and manhandled by Vikas Patel, Ankit Roy, Abhijit Dwivedi, Shivam Chaurasia et al.
The most shameful thing was the role of ABVP's women activists. They were siding by those men who were molesting our comrades openly at the venue of the Presidential debate. Comrade Abraham's phone too was then snatched away. Even after repeated appeals and complaint to EC, the ABVP goons refused to give her phone back.
The ABVP cadres shouted "Jaise hum DU mein tum logon ko marte hein, waise hi JNU mein bhi marenge". Precisely what their agenda was for yesterday. They were prepared for violence, they were prepared to disrupt the Presidential debate. Comrade Abraham has now filed a complaint with Vasant Kunj police and is yet to receive her phone.
The incidents that unravelled yesterday are extremely alarming. It is part of a game plan of the RSS-ABVP to disrupt the JNUSU elections knowing their politics of hate have no ground here. This is not what JNU is. This is not what JNU will be. It is high time that these goons are crushed and thrown into the dustbin of history.
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Vikas Bhadauria, President, SFI Delhi State Committee
Prashant Mukherjee, Secretary, SFI Delhi State Committee
The politics of hooliganism by ABVP reached another level altogether yesterday. ABVP resorted to relentless shouting and beating of drums when Comrade N Sai Balaji, the United Left's president candidate, began to speak. The Election Committee (EC) had to stop Balaji thrice in between his speech to control the ABVP crowd. ABVP very evidently had come prepared to not let Comrade Balaji speak. The ABVP went berserk and very evidently most of them were not even students of JNU.
The goons of the ABVP were continuously pushing women comrades, the male cadres of ABVP were shamelessly manhandling. When Comrade Satarupa of SFI, also a former JNUSU General Secretary, was trying to video-record this violence, Vikas Patel of ABVP snatched her phone away. They then began severely manhandling and abusing her. Goons like Abhijit Dwivedi were trying to slap women comrades present there.
Seeing that, Comrade Abraham of SFI went to help Satarupa and she was then surrounded by about 10 ABVP men. She was molested and manhandled by Vikas Patel, Ankit Roy, Abhijit Dwivedi, Shivam Chaurasia et al.
The most shameful thing was the role of ABVP's women activists. They were siding by those men who were molesting our comrades openly at the venue of the Presidential debate. Comrade Abraham's phone too was then snatched away. Even after repeated appeals and complaint to EC, the ABVP goons refused to give her phone back.
The ABVP cadres shouted "Jaise hum DU mein tum logon ko marte hein, waise hi JNU mein bhi marenge". Precisely what their agenda was for yesterday. They were prepared for violence, they were prepared to disrupt the Presidential debate. Comrade Abraham has now filed a complaint with Vasant Kunj police and is yet to receive her phone.
The incidents that unravelled yesterday are extremely alarming. It is part of a game plan of the RSS-ABVP to disrupt the JNUSU elections knowing their politics of hate have no ground here. This is not what JNU is. This is not what JNU will be. It is high time that these goons are crushed and thrown into the dustbin of history.
Sd/-
Vikas Bhadauria, President, SFI Delhi State Committee
Prashant Mukherjee, Secretary, SFI Delhi State Committee
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