VARANASI: Two groups of students belonging to All India Students Association (AISA) and Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) clashed on Banaras Hindu University campus on Saturday evening over display of an alleged poster during a demonstration of AISA in support of farmers agitation.
The BHU chief proctor Prof Anand Chawdhary said, “Without seeking prior permission for holding any event as per the rule of varsity the students associated with AISA had started demonstration at Mahila Mahavidyalaya crossing. In the meantime students belonging to ABVP also reached there and a scuffle took place between both groups. Proctorial board personnel and police separated both groups. Future course of action in this episode will be decided soon.”
Earlier, the AISA activists carrying placards and handheld drums were raising slogans in support of farmers protest and also against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union agriculture minister Narendra Sigh Tomar. They also burnt posters of Tomar.
In the meantime some students passing through the area raised objection over a poster containing a slogan- ‘Na Modi, Na Yogi, Na Jai Shri Ram, Desh ko bachayega mazdoor kisan’- when they were pushed back by the protesters. Within few minutes those students returned with ABVP activists and they also indulged in lauding slogans like Jai Shri Ram. Later, a clash took place between them when ABVP supporters tried to snatch the placard with such slogan.
SP City Vikas Chandra Tripathi, who reached there with heavy police force said that both the groups had been separated and asked to return their hostel rooms.
Further action in this episode would be initiated after getting BHU proctorial boards report, he added.