Coming out in support of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists, injured in police action, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday demanded compensation of Rs 1 lakh for each injured from the rival organisation.
The protests stemmed from allegations that Ramswaroop University has not conducted examinations for LLB students for the past four years. Students claimed that the university lost its recognition in 2021, yet continued admitting students illegally. On Monday, LLB students, joined by ABVP workers, began peaceful demonstrations despite heavy rain. According to students, the university administration called in the police after the crowd grew larger. They further alleged that unidentified individuals entered the campus with the police and initiated physical clashes, following which the police resorted to a lathi-charge, leaving several students injured.
Akhilesh Yadav said,”This is how these BJP people fool around. First, they themselves get beaten up in a fight, then they whisper in the ear to apologize, and after that, they apply ‘external’ ointment of words on the ‘bone deep’ injuries.”
In a tweet on X, he said,” Students are saying that the ‘chief’ is getting them beaten up while the ‘deputy’ is coming to enquire about the beaten up ones. What is this matter after all? The students are moaning and muttering among themselves that ‘either both of them are together or they are fighting.”
Akhilesh Yadav further said,” Experts are saying that in fact this is an internal fight between the ruling party to prove their supremacy. This is a matter of people getting crushed and beaten between the two sides of ‘Parishad’ vs ‘Vahini’.”
The SP president said,” After this historic beating and the ‘video of the severe beating’ that has reached every home, these students are thinking about how they will now say that they are from the ruling party’s camp. This beating has not only opened their pores but also their eyes, and now they are also saying, This thing has turned out to be true that the BJP is not loyal to anyone.”
He demanded that the BJP government should get the injured treated properly and also give compensation of Rs 1 lakh each.