The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union election, the counting of which is underway, turned violent as leftist goons reportedly attacked Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)’s volunteers on campus. ABVP is the students wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
EC द्वारा एक तरफ हमारी बात नही सुनी जा रही है तो दूसरी तरफ ये वामपंथी गुंडे @ABVPVoice के कार्यकर्ताओं को मार रहे है।
यह है JNU का कल्चर और लोकतंत्र! pic.twitter.com/xgyXY4vEzV— Saurabh Sharma JNU (@SaurabhJNU) September 15, 2018
According to DU professor and JNU alumnus Abhinav Prakash, goons of Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and All India Students Association (AISA) even beat up girls and tore their clothes.
More pics of the violence unleashed by the communists during the #JNU election vote counting. The shameless journos in MSM are spreading fake news of ABVP ‘stealing ballot box’ while girls are getting beaten, their cloths torn by SFI-AISA goons. @mamidala90 send police now. pic.twitter.com/j3EMdnyR04
— Abhinav Prakash (@Abhina_Prakash) September 15, 2018
According to Prakash, the SFI and AISA, student wings of Communists Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India Liberation, respectively, were attempting vote counting fraud for the voting which concluded on Friday. He said they (SFI and AISA activists) were upset that they may lose out to ABVP.
Due to fear of losing central panels seats to #ABVP, seems left parties have orchestrated this pre-planned drama to either do fraud in counting or to get the elections cancelled. They had their press release and propaganda ready to be published in newspapers like IE etc. #JNU pic.twitter.com/Qa0cpPn9sT
— Abhinav Prakash (@Abhina_Prakash) September 15, 2018
He claimed that the Leftist goons had occupied the counting venue and were assaulting students who were opposing the same. He said that the violence is orchestrated to either carry out fraud in counting or getting the elections cancelled.
According to Sunil Ambekar, National Organising Secretary, ABVP, some ABVP students have been admitted to hospital after being attacked by the Leftist goons.
#JNUleftgoondas attacked @ABVPVoice girls including last year president candidate @nidhitripathi92 by 5.30 pm Some admitted to Safdarjung hospital. This is left Democracy-either it’s Nandigram or Sukma in Chattisharh, same in JNU. But by this they can’t stop’Bharat Mata ki Jay’
— Sunil Ambekar (@SunilAmbekarM) September 15, 2018
ABVP JNU President, Vijay Kumar has accused the Election Committee (EC) of not following proper election procedure.
Vijay Kumar, @abvpjnu President said “Counting is being done without adhering to the rules. EC is not following the requirements of election procedure. The biased way of handling elections has put a question mark on EC’s neutrality. We have approached Grievance Redressal Cell.”
— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) September 15, 2018
The ABVP has also accused the EC of attempting to rig the elections as despite the rules which state that either the candidate or their voting agent is present in the room and sees every paper ballot, the EC broke the seal of ballot box and started counting Central Panel votes without ABVP representative present there.
We believe that transparency of the electoral process has been compromised. Rule 5(b) of Part 3 of Appendix 1 of JNUSU Constitution is violated by the EC. EC broke seal of ballot box & started counting Central Panel votes without presence of counting agents or candidates of ABVP.
— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) September 15, 2018
ABVP even accused the EC of manhandling ABVP counting agents.
Most of the Left organization workers are not even the students of JNU. They stormed into the counting complex and started with violence and abusive sloganeering. Even the EC members joined them in manhandling the proposed counting agents of ABVP.
— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) September 15, 2018
After being suspended for few hours, the counting has now resumed.
