ABVP not involved in Jan 15 Visva Bharati violence: Ambekar

The ABVP national organising secretary (East) Sunil Ambekar on Sunday said the student organisation was not involved in the January 15 unrest in Visva Bharati university campus.

He dared those linking the ABVP to the unrest in Visva Bharati university campus to prove their charge.

Asked about Students Federation of India allegations that ABVP was behind the student violence in Visva Bharati campus on January 15, Ambekar told reporters "they (left students) fight among themselves and then link ABVP with that."
Daring the Left to reveal the true identity of those involved in the violence, he said "let the identity of those having been arrested in connection with the incident be ascertained. I am throwing the challenge."
ABVP national secretary Saptarshi Sarkar claimed that the two persons arrested in connection with Visva Bharati incident on January 15 "are linked" to Trinamool Chhatra Parishad and alleged the state government is "harbouring violence in educational institutions in West Bengal."
Turning to West Bengal, Ambekar said "an atmosphere of fear prevails in the campuses of the state where the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad and Left unions are preventing the ABVP to set up units. But we are already getting lots of support from the student community."