CPI(ML) condemns the Delhi Police and RSS Assaults on Students in Delhi

On 30 January, students from JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia, DU and AUD who were protesting against the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula were brutally assaulted by the Delhi Police. The students, who marched peacefully from the Ambedkar Bhawan to the RSS office in Jhandewalan, were protesting against the role of the ABVP-RSS-BJP in the entire sequence of events leading to Rohith’s tragic death. Not just the Delhi Police, but also some people who were not in uniform attacked the protestors. CPI(ML) strongly condemns this attack.

For quite some time now, each and every protest against the Modi government and the RSS has been dealt with by the Delhi Police with brute force. Detentions, lathi charges, water cannons – all have been deployed to try and arrest the spate of protests by students and youth in Delhi. On 30 January too, what was seen was no less than the blatant use of the Delhi Police and the state machinery to curb all differing and dissenting opinion. It is indeed dangerous that the Delhi Police is effectively being used as an extended arm of the RSS-BJP to crack down on political dissent.

Apart from eyewitness accounts and statement of the students themselves, there are also videos made by students and journalists, clearly showing the horrific role of the Delhi Police. CPI(ML) demands that action be taken immediately against this gross misuse of office and power. The Delhi Police chief and all those responsible for the attacks on the students should be held accountable and punished.

AISA, JNU Students’ Union and other students organisations also held protest demonstration in front of the Delhi Police HQ on February 2 against this attack.

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