Taking potshots at ABVP, Madhu Kishwar—former sympathiser of Prime Minister Narendra Modi—called the right-wing students’ group “weak in intellectual firepower” that needs to stop acting “desperate” and inculcate more discipline in its cadre. In the aftermath of the ABVP’s alleged vandalism in Ramjas college, Madhu Purnima Kishwar, a professor at the Delhi-based Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), tweeted, “ABVP needs more disciplined cadre. They’re weak in intellectual firepower so act desperate. She said, ABVP students are also disadvantage of being “Hindi medium types”. She called upon the BJP leadership to train the ABVP cadre and equip it with more intellectual power and discipline.
ABVP needs more disciplined cadre.They’re weak in intellectual firepower so act desperate. Also disadvantage of being “Hindi medium types”
— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) February 23, 2017
Not only did she tweet against the hooliganism showed by the ABVP supporters, she also dismantled the BJP leader’s argument over the issue.
I only wish BJP leaders like you had trained ABVP cadres to be more disciplined & intellectually better equipped https://t.co/wgHq0fVvFs
— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) February 23, 2017
And gave some sane advice to the saffron party.
University-a battlefield of ideas,not demonstration of muscle power. Undervaluing intellectual accomplishments & scholarship is bane of BJP https://t.co/w9EPlZGyKt
— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) February 23, 2017
On February 21, a large group of ABVP students disrupted the first session of a two-day seminar at Ramjas College on Indian tribals—a subject of which Umar Khalid was writing his PhD thesis. The RSS’ student wing vandalised the college and disrupted the event even before Khalid reached the campus. They had a problem with Umar Khalid, who was in jail on charges of sedition last year following the February 9 incident in JNU, being invited to the seminar. Since, the disruption and cancellation of the event at Ramjas college ABVP has been clashing with other students. Apparently, section 144 had to be imposed in North Campus. However, Delhi Police denied these reports. However, several video’s and social media accounts of ABVP’s alleged goondaism on the campus has resulted in a stream of outrage against ABVP.
Thereafter, the social media site was flooded with tweets from the users venting out their anguish with the hashtag ‘Students Against ABVP’.
This DU student was attacked in front of @delhipolicewith a huge brick, as we started marching to Maurice Nagar thana.#StudentsAgainstABVP pic.twitter.com/knp2D9hjNh
— Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) February 23, 2017
#StudentsAgainstABVP.about saffron terror i m not shocked because this is the poor future of india@AmritaDhawan1 @nsui @Inshal07 @NSUIAssam
— Ajay Nagariya#WithRG (@Ajay_Nagariya) February 23, 2017
Discussion with Delhi police about student security in delhi university.
@SherESharma pic.twitter.com/5b3cZJ5JTg— Mredul Kamra (@mredulkamra) February 23, 2017
BJP member caught spying for ISI
ABVP : silent
A group of People raised slogans in JNU
ABVP : Hum Deshbhakt hai#StudentsAgainstABVP— Harshad Sharma (@SherESharma) February 23, 2017
Our Constitution is greater than your nationalism #StudentsAgainstABVP
— Priyesh Pandey (@PriyeshpandeyP) February 23, 2017
Left & Right ideologies are disrupting the progressive environment of Delhi University. We are against any voilence #StudentsAgainstABVP
— vardhan Yadav (@VardhanNSUI) February 23, 2017
