Lucknow University Students Protest RSS Chief's Visit, Detained

Lucknow University students protest RSS chief's visit, detained

Lucknow: Protests erupted at Lucknow University on Wednesday, February 18, during a visit by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, chanting, “Mohan Bhagwat Go Back” and “RSS Murdabad,” criticising the varsity for hosting him. Members of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Congress, staged a protest against Bhagwat’s visit to the campus. NSUI’s Uttar Pradesh vice president, Ahmed Raza Khan, told …

“Mohan Bhagwat go back” slogans at Lucknow University, students detained

Photo: Sumit Kumar Student organisations staged protests at Lucknow University during the visit of Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Hindutva paramilitary organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, raising slogans such as “Mohan Bhagwat go back” and “RSS murdabad” on Wednesday, February 18. Representatives and activists from the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Samajwadi Party Chhatra Sabha and Bhim Army gathered near the venue, alleging t…

‘A symbol of hatred in Indian society’: Students protest RSS chief’s Lucknow University visit

The national coordinator of the NSUI asserted that the university’s decision to host programmes marking the RSS centenary amounted to institutional endorsement of an organisation he accused of deepening social fissures, maintaining that Bhagwat’s rhetoric was corrosive and emblematic of sectarian normalisation.