JNUSU hits out at ABVP for burning effigy with Umar, Sharjeel’s faces

JNUSU hits out at ABVP for burning effigy with Umar, Sharjeel’s faces

ABVP burns effigy of jailed student activists at JNU, sparking condemnation and calls for unity against hate politics.

ABVP JNU stages "Ravan Dahan," burning effigies of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, raising slogans for hanging them

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Thursday  staged a Ravan Dahan event in which former JNU students and anti-CAA activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were depicted as Ravan, which the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) called a “deliberate attempt to exploit religion and spread Islamophobia.” In response, JNUSU organized a protest demonstration, forming a human chain despite rain-related delays.  During …