NSUI members detained after protest against event linked to RSS at Rajasthan University
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Several members of the National Students’ Union of India at Rajasthan University were detained on Friday after they allegedly clashed with the police during a protest against an event linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on the campus, reported PTI.
The National Students’ Union of India is the Congress’ student wing.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
The protest had erupted after the NSUI alleged that a seminar being organised under the banner of “Marudhara Nari Sashaktikaran Sangathan at the Faculty of Humanities auditorium on Friday evening was meant to promote the RSS ideology, reported PTI. This was being done on the pretext of deliberating on women’s empowerment, they further claimed.
RSS official Ram Lal was scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the seminar, according to the news agency.
The Marudhara Nari Sashaktikaran Sangathan is affiliated with Bharatiya Stree Shakti, which is part of the Sangh Parivar, or the group of Hindutva organisations led by the RSS.
During a press conference on Thursday, members of the NSUI accused the Rajasthan University administration and the vice chancellor of indirectly promoting programmes affiliated with RSS, reported The New Indian Express.
Events linked to particular ideologies disrupt the academic atmosphere, they added.
On Friday, as NSUI members assembled at the university’s main gate, shouted slogans...