Two days after violent clashes at Ramjas College, as many as 150 personnel cordon off the Arts Faculty
Two days after violent clashes broke out at Delhi University's (DU) Ramjas College, an uneasy calm prevailed on the campus on Friday. Even though the Left-backed All India Students Association (AISA) had on Thursday given a call for nation-wide protests, the varsity witnessed no such activity.
Meanwhile, heavy presence of security personnel continued in the north campus to avoid any untoward incident, with as many as 150 personnel cordoning off the Arts Faculty, where AISA was supposed to hold a public meeting.
"Earlier in the day, we received a message from AISA that they would come for a public meeting at the Arts Faculty at 3.30 pm, but not a single person turned up," a police officer, who was on duty at the venue, said.
AISA, on the other hand, said they had no such plans. "We had a private meeting to discuss how to go forward with our ongoing movement against ABVP's hooliganism and the high-handedness of the Delhi Police during a protest march on Wednesday," said Kawalpreet Kaur, AISA's presidential candidate for DU students' election 2016.
Friday being a gazetted holiday, classes remained suspended and only a handful of students could be seen on the campus. "Whatever happened in the campus in the last few days is really unfortunate. Violence is not a solution for any ideological difference. If the ABVP had any problem with the seminar, it should have approached the Ramjas authorities or the Delhi police instead of hurling stones and locking down students and teachers," a second-year student said, requesting anonymity.
"There is an uneasy calm in the campus. Students are a little afraid of being targeted," said another student, adding that the presence of security personnel in the campus was making them even more nervous.
Hundreds of students associated with AISA and RSS-backed ABVP had attacked each other on Wednesday, causing serious injuries to many. The clashes followed the cancellation of an invitation to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid Shora, after ABVP objected to the invite.
"Ramjas should not have invited controversial student leader Khalid in the first place. Even if they were inviting him, they should have had proper security arrangements beforehand," a student said.
Later on Friday, AISA also declared to organise a protest march, including students and teachers, on Tuesday, followed by a public meeting at the Arts Faculty. Meanwhile, Ramjas College authorities said they will organise a meet on Saturday to take a collective decision regarding the violent event that took place in the campus.
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