In the run up to Delhi University students polls, All India Students Association (AISA) today demanded that Delhi Police provide protection to its cadres in all the varsity colleges from RSS-affiliated students body ABVP.
The left-affiliated students organisation put forth its demand citing various reports that its cadres were allegedly attacked and terrorised by ABVP members.
"The past year witnessed a sharp rise in instances of violence on students and professors by the ABVP. Seminars have been disrupted and offices vandalised in the name of nationalism or religion," AISA President Kawalpreet Kaur said at a press conference.
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As polls have been notified, serious threat to well being of students and the democratic culture looms large. "We demand protection to all our cadres in DU colleges," she added.
The AISA along with DU professors, who took part in the conference, also criticised the Delhi University and the police, alleging that the ABVP was enjoying impunity despite its members "intimidating" a large section of students.
"ABVP, despite being just a students body, is controlling institutions like police and the varsity. Scores of complaints and FIRs have been filed against ABVP members, but the perpetrators still continue to roam freely," AISA National President Sucheta De alleged.
They also demanded that the police and the DU take action against every ABVP member identified in FIRs filed in violence cases and maintain peace on campus.
The AISA said it has submitted documents and photographs to officials in the police and the DU to back their claim.
A professor from SRCC alleged that freedom to talk and debate was a thing of the past as the ABVP was trying to gag everyone who wants to question.
"If such an environment continues, it is bad forthe education system and the entire country," he said.
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