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Deputy opposition leader Anand Sharma attacked at JNU

Deputy opposition leader Anand Sharma attacked at JNU

| | 13 Feb 2016, 11:56 pm
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS) Deputy opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Anand Sharma was reportedly attacked by assailants at the JNU while he along with his party's vice president Rahul Gandhi were visiting the university, according to reports.

According to India Today, Sharma was attacked with a sharp object which injured his ears.

His office claimed that the attackers were ABVP students.

 The JNU is currently facing protests and counter protests with the police cracking down on students over the anti-India slogans raised earlier to mark the death anniversary of Parliament Attack convict Afzal Guru on its campus.

With tension rising, several former army officers wrote to the varsity that they would return their degrees from JNU if it becomes a hub of anti-national activities while on the other hand various groups, including the Leftists, slammed the government for pushing an RSS-BJP agenda by crushing the students over the incident of slogan-shouting against India, which they called was an aberration.

Several students of JNU have been barred from academic activities over the incident of anti-India slogans within the campus in support of Afzal Guru, even as tension ran high on the campus after a students' union leader was arrested over sedition charges and police searched for more student suspects in the slogan shouting.
 
 The Delhi government on Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the JNU incident.
 
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted: "There are claims that JNU student leaders shouted anti-India slogans and counter claims that ABVP activists did it."
 
"To find truth, Del govt is directing DM to conduct an enquiry," he said.
 
Kejriwal said no anti-national activity should be tolerated.

 

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