More than 15 students were detained after a scuffle broke out between left-leaning student organisations and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) over a right-wing leader attending as the guest of honour at an event at Panjab University on Wednesday.
Sarah, a member of PSU (Lalkaar), alleged that nearly 25 students were detained by the police until 6 pm. The protest took place outside the PL Anand Auditorium at 3 pm where Tamanna Sharma, Punjab leader of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti, was the guest of honour at the ABVP event. “No one from the ABVP was detained as we were staging a peaceful event, but the rivals tried to disrupt it, leading to a 30-minute delay. PU chief security officer Vikram Singh said around 15 or 16 students were detained by the police but were released a little later.
Members of the Punjab Students Union (Lalkaar), the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and the Ambedkar Student Front said they were against the institute’s “saffronisation. ABVP president Ashish said the theme of the event — Seerat— was women’s empowerment.
