A right-wing group put up banners and saffron flags near the main gate of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Friday. The Hindu Sena also warned of “strong action” if it was “an insult to saffron”. Police said he removed flags and banners and registered a case under the Act relating to defacement of property.
On Friday morning, it came to our notice that some flags and banners were put up on the streets and adjoining areas of JNU. These were seized and a case was registered under Section 3 of the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act 2007, said Manoj C, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-West).
“During investigation, three persons involved in the crime were tied up as per the legal process and the vehicle used for the crime has been confiscated. He said further investigation is on. This process does not involve taking into custody or arresting the accused and does not require filing of any charges. Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta admitted that the posters reading saffron JNU were put up by the organization’s national vice president Surjit Singh Yadav. In a video circulated on WhatsApp, Gupta warned students against insulting saffron.
“Saffron is being insulted regularly in the JNU campus. We want to warn those who do this. mend your ways. We will not tolerate this, he said in a Hindi video. We respect your ideology and every religion. But insulting saffron will not be tolerated and we can take strong measures,” he said without explaining the insult.
The right-wing organization said in a statement that the police should not be in a hurry to take down the flags as it is not a symbol of terror. It is the right to defend saffron and Hindutva under the law. The JNU unit of the Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) said that JNU will never become a symbol of religious majoritarianism.
“JNU will always stand for an egalitarian, plural, inclusive, progressive, multicultural society where people have a fundamental right to choose for themselves. JNU-NSUI strongly condemns the posters and flags put up by the so called Hindu Sena. It said that NSUI with the help of Delhi administration removed these flags from the main entrance area of the university. Two groups of students clashed with each other over serving non-vegetarian food on Ram Navami at JNU’s Kaveri hostel on Sunday.
Police said 20 students were injured in the violence, while the students claimed the number was around 60. The JNU Students’ Union accused the RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members of preventing students from having non-vegetarian food in the hostel mess. “Create a Violent Environment”. The ABVP, in its turn, denied the allegation and claimed that “Leftists” obstructed a puja program organized at the hostel on Ram Navami and this led to a confrontation.
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