Protests in Delhi University: Left organisation burns Manusmriti pages

The protesters had planned to burn pages of the Manusmriti but they were not allowed to do so. Gautam and some other KYS members were detained by police. The students had been granted permission for the protest but they were detained “to maintain law and order”, said police. They were released later.

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At the second protest held by AISA, copies of the Manusmriti were burnt by protesters who also gave speeches that mentioned the protests at Hyderabad University, JNU and FTII. The protesters also marched through campuses of Ramjas College, Hindu College, Hansraj College and Kirorimal College.

Ambedkar wanted India to be Hindu Rashtra: ABVP

The ABVP’s JNU unit Wednesday said Ambedkar “wanted India to be a Hindu Rashtra” and he was in favour of Sanskrit being named the national language.

“Bhim Rao Ambedkar wanted India to be a Hindu Rashtra and he also wanted Sanskrit as a national language (sic)” read a statement on the Facebook page of the unit. Rohit Kumar, vice-president of the ABVP’s JNU unit, said, “Ambedkar did criticise some aspects of the Hindu religion but he had told Hindutvavaadi organisations in his day, ‘aap bhagwa jhande ka prastav rakho, hum aapke saath hain (you propose a nation under the saffron flag, I am with you).”

With inputs from Aranya Shankar