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Students of Delhi varsity, JNU protest Protester justifies action against Geelani NEW DELHI: A large number of students and teachers, mostly from Delhi University, took out a march under the aegis of the University Community on the North Campus on Friday to protest against vandalising of a campus building by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists on Thursday. Some students from Jawaharlal Nehru University also joined the march. The ABVP activists ransacked the Arts Faculty building on Thursday objecting to the presence of S.A.R. Geelani, who is a lecturer at Zakir Husain College, at a seminar organised by the University Community. The ABVP claimed that some JNU activists allegedly tried to break open the Delhi University Students’ Union office on Friday to “attack” president Nupur Sharma. “There was no untoward incident. Some students were agitated but the seniors pacified them. The march was very peaceful,” said P.K. Anand, an activist of the Students’ Federation of India. Meanwhile, the protester who spat on Mr. Geelani twice, claimed on Friday that he belonged to a “Karnataka-based organisation called Shri Ram Sena,” which was not affiliated to either the RSS or the VHP. Unapologetic about his actions, Vinay Kumar Singh told The Hindu: “I have no regrets. This was my way of protesting and I think it was very innovative. I am a law graduate. Our protest was pre-planned. There were several other activists of our organisation present during the seminar. ” “Those who think the act of spitting was wrong should come forward and tell us what should be done. Protesting at Jantar Mantar doesn’t yield any results. These are times of natural emergency and where governments fail, people will work,” said Vinay, who hails from Dhanbad.
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