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Mumbai (PTI): Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Sunday wondered whether the Supreme Court would treat "us" equally the way it did to grant relief to activist Teesta Setalvad on a Saturday night.

The JNU VC was referring to the SC granting interim protection on July 1 to Setalvad from arrest in connection with a case of alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.

"The Leftist ecosystem still exists. You know, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court opened the court on a Saturday night to give Teesta Setalvad bail. Will it happen for us," she asked while speaking at the launch of Marathi book Jagala Pokharnari Davi Walvi' (World-weakening Leftist Termites) in Pune.

Pandit had served as a professor in the Political Science department at the Savitribai Phule Pune University in Maharashtra.

"To retain political power, you need (to have) narrative power. We need to have it. Unless we attain it, we will be like a directionless ship," she said.

She recalled her childhood association with RSS-affiliated organisations. She said, "I was a Bal Sevika' in my childhood. I got my sanskars (values) from the RSS only. I am proud to say that I belong to the Sangh (RSS) and I am proud to say that I am a Hindu. I do not hesitate at all."

"Garv se kehti hu main Hindu hoon," she repeated, with the audience shouting Jai Shri Ram'.

"Left and RSS are individual ideologies. There has been a major paradigm shift post-2014 in the conflict between these two ideologies," she said.

Pandit, who was appointed as the JNU VC in February last year, said some people opposed her decision to put the national flag and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo on the varsity premises.

Pandit said she told them that they were enjoying free meals on the campus with taxpayers' money and they should bow before the national flag and PM Modi's photo.

"Until I went to JNU, there was no photo of PM Modi, the President of India or the national flag. Many people told me not to bring (them) on the campus. I told them you enjoy free meals here with taxpayers' money, bow before them."

She said, "He is the prime minister of the country. He does not belong to any party. More than a year has passed and nobody has protested against it," she said.

Referring to the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar, she said, "I recently visited the Nalanda University at Bakhtiyarpur. We should change that Bakhtiyarpur name. What kind of name is that."

On the country's ancient civilisation, she said, "Our Bharatiya civilisation is superior, feminist and greatest in the world. Draupadi is the first feminist and not one Simone De Beauvoir (French philosopher). Our civilisation is nature-centric."

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New Delhi, Nov 17: Telugu star Allu Arjun, who launched the trailer of his upcoming film "Pushpa 2: The Rule" in Patna on Sunday, expressed gratitude to fans for showering their love on him by turning up in huge numbers for the event.

"Pushpa 2" is directed by Sukumar and also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil.

The trailer of the much-awaited sequel to 2021's "Pushpa: The Rise" was unveiled at the jam-packed Gandhi Maidan in the Bihar capital. Also present at the event was Rashmika, who plays Srivalli to Arjun's gangster Pushpa Raj.

It was Arjun's first visit to Bihar.

"I am grateful to all of you for your love and warm welcome," he said at the event.

"Pushpa kabhi jhukega nahin, lekin aaj pehli baar, aapke pyaar ke liye jhukega (Pushpa will never bow down in front of anyone, but for the first time, he will bow down only for your love)" the National Award winner said in reference to his popular dialogue from the 2021 original film.

"Thank you Patna, you have given me a lot of love," Arjun said as he asked the audience to forgive him for his "thoda galat" (poor) Hindi speaking skills.

A stampede-like situation erupted at the venue before the trailer launch began following which police resorted to a mild lathicharge to control the crowd.

Videos of a section of spectators from the same event hurling slippers towards the stage also started circulating on social media on Sunday evening.

Produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Sukumar Writings with music on T-Series, "Pushpa 2" will be released on December 5.

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