ABVP, Left students get into heated arguments at Pune college

ABVP activists and some students from the Left organizations had heated arguments during an "informal" discussion organised by the ABVP on 'Truth of JNU' at the Fergusson College campus here.
ABVP's Jawaharlal Nehru University unit's president Alok Singh was also present during the event.
Police, who eventually intervened and dispersed the crowd, said that some students from the Left groups reached the spot and started arguing with the ABVP members. It led to angry exchanges and slogan-shouting.
"We pacified the crowd and dispersed the students. No case was registered against any group," a police officer said.
ABVP is organising a series of such events at various colleges. Today's event was second in the series.

"The college had denied permission and still ABVP organised the program at a time when the examinations are going on," said a student from an Ambedkarite group.

But ABVP members said they sought permission, but as it was an informal discussion, the college authorities said the permission was not needed.
"When the program was underway, members of AISA, SFI and AISF came and to disrupt it, started shouting slogans such as Lal Salaam, Kanhaiya Kumar Zindabaad," said ABVP office-bearer Nikhil Karampuri.
Principal of Ferguson College Ravindra Pardeshi said no permission had been granted to ABVP. "Anticipating that the argument could turn violent, we called the police," he said.

The ABVP later staged another discussion at the Ranade Institute of Journalism. The institute authorities did not allow them in at first, so the ABVP members and the institute students started discussion sitting on two sides of the gate. Later they were allowed to have a discussion inside the campus.