ABVP indulged in 'brazen violence' in run-up to DUSU polls, students will give befitting reply: Cong
New Delhi (PTI): A day before the Delhi University Students' Union elections, the Congress on Thursday accused the ABVP of indulging in "brazen violence" on campus and said the students will give a befitting reply to their hooliganism.
The Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and the RSS-backed ABVP are prime contenders for the union's top four seats.
Voting for the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections will be held on Friday.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar alleged that police and administration also aided the ABVP as it indulged in "rampant violence".
"The scenes seen in Delhi University are very concerning. It is a prestigious university where not only students from the country but all over the world come and study. On social media, videos of violence are going viral which is very concerning for parents," Kumar, who is also the AICC's NSUI in-charge, said.
Noting that the students' union elections are being held after a three-year gap due to COVID-19, he alleged that the government used the pandemic as an excuse whenever it suited it.
"The nomination date change from September 12 to September 14. On the basis of Covid, age relaxation has been given of two years to benefit one group," Kumar said.
"Those indulging in violence are being encouraged They can do anything. They are given a free hand," he said.
"Continously (the) ABVP is indulging brazenly in violence and 'gundagardi (hooliganism)'," he alleged.
The whole environment of violence has put a blot on the prestige of the university, Kumar said.
"They (ABVP) are indulging in violence, beating up people of other groups and then misleading that the NSUI is doing it. I challenge, if it can be proved that one NSUI member was part of such activities, action will be taken," he said.
"We are not going to be scared and a befitting response will be given by the students against this goondaism in the polls," Kumar added.
NSUI chief Neeraj Kundan also accused the ABVP of indulging in violence and claimed that they are getting "brazen support" from the administration and the police.
He said the "violence being spread by ABVP" is tarnishing the image of the university and is concerning for the students's parents.
The DUSU elections are being held after a gap of four years. It could not be held in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 while disruptions to the academic calendar prevented their conduct in 2022.
ABVP लिखती है- ज्ञान, शील, एकता
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 21, 2023
दरअसल ये है- अज्ञान, अश्लील, अराजकता
पिछले 1 महीने में ABVP ने जो गुंडागर्दी और हिंसा की है, यह बहुत ही शर्मनाक है।
सरकार और प्रशासन में बैठे लोगों को इसकी जिम्मेदारी लेनी होगी।
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Udupi: Two men from Belthangady awarded life imprisonment for attempt to murder a woman in 2022
Udupi: Two men from Belthangady have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Udupi for attempting to murder a woman in Manchikumeri in 2022.
The sentenced men, Mithun and Nagesh Poojary, are learned to have attempted to murder Sumathi, wife of Ramanath Rai, a resident of Manchikumeri, who had a Nandini Milk Parlour at Tiger Circle, Manipal.
On February 18, 2022, Sumathi was reportedly alone at home when, at around 7 pm, Mithun, learned to be her nephew, and his friend Poojary came to the house. As Sumathi opened the door, the duo barged in and tried to strangulate her with an intention of murdering her. Sumathi reportedly lost consciousness under the attack.
The men packed her body in a sack and were then putting the sack into a suitcase to carry the body out, when they noticed that Rai and neighbours had arrived. They are learned to have opened the door when Rai knocked the door and then tried to escape. They were, however, caught by the neighbours and handed over to the police.
Further, Sumathi was found by the group in an unconscious state inside the suitcase in the house. She was rushed to the Manipal Hospital and learned to have recovered after a week of medical treatment.
A case had been registered at the Manipal Police Station.
The Udupi Principal District and Sessions Court judge Kiran S Gangannavar, who heard the case, has declared both Mithun and Poojary guilty in the case. He has awarded them life imprisonment, fined them Rs 20,000 each and, under Column 325, sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment of 5 years and fined them Rs 5,000 each.
Judge Gangannavar has directed that, of the fine, Rs 45,000 be handed to the attack victim Sumathi as relief.
Jayarama Shetty represented the government as Public Prosecutor.
