The ruckus began after some Muslim students on the Jamia campus used their feet to erase a Rangoli that the other group of students had prepared for the occasion. They also kicked off diyas with their feet.
Additionally, a DC-based pro-Palestine group named ‘Palestinian Youth Movement’ has claimed that it released mealworms and insects inside the Watergate Hotel where Netanyahu is staying during his current US visit.
In his speech during the convocation ceremony, the IIT Madras student claimed a "mass genocide" was underway in Gaza and called for "action" to stop it.