Controversy Over Slogans on JNU Campus Escalates into Confrontation Between Student Organisations

The controversy over the writing of controversial slogans on the walls of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus has now escalated to a confrontation between student organisations. On Saturday, a scuffle broke out between students of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and left-wing student organisations over the slogans. On Sunday, the controversy deepened with new slogans being written on the walls of the campus and political pictures being pasted. The university administration is investigating the case. However, the names of those who wrote slogans on the walls have not been identified so far. Slogans like'Free Umar Khalid'and'Long live Naxalbari'were earlier written on the wall of the campus's School of Social Sciences (SOS). On Sunday, a cross was marked on the same wall in the name of Umar Khalid and'Never Don't Free'was written next to it. In addition, messages like'Akhand Bharat ','Stop Love Jihad'and'All Harassers Will Be Taken Down'also appeared. On the door of the school's lecture hall,'Bharat Bachao'along with pictures of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi were also written.