Hindu Sena places up posters close to JNU primary gate, warns of ‘stringent steps if saffron insulted’

The Hindu Sena has put up posters and saffron flags close to the primary gate of the Jawaharlal Nehru University and surrounding areas near every week after a conflict broke out in a hostel over allegedly serving non-vegetarian meals throughout Ram Navami. It additionally warned of “stringent steps” if there’s an “insult to saffron”.

Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta stated the posters studying “Bhagwa (saffron) JNU” have been put up by the right-wing outfit’s nationwide vice-president Surjit Singh Yadav.

In a video circulated on WhatsApp, Gupta is purportedly heard saying in Hindi, “Saffron is being insulted within the JNU campus regularly. We wish to warn those that are doing this. Mend your methods. We can’t tolerate this.

“We respect your ideology and each faith. Insult to saffron won’t be tolerated and we would take stringent steps,” he stated.

Two teams of scholars clashed at JNU’s Kaveri Hostel on Sunday allegedly over serving non-vegetarian meals within the mess on Ram Navami, with police saying six college students had been injured within the violence.

The 2 teams, nonetheless, claimed that over 60 college students from each side had been injured.

The JNU College students’ Union (JNUSU) alleged that Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members stopped college students from consuming non-vegetarian meals within the hostel mess and “created a violent environment”.

Nonetheless, the right-wing ABVP denied the cost and claimed that “Leftists” obstructed a puja programme organised on the hostel on Ram Navami.