BHU agitation: Student organisations stage protests in New Delhi

The national capital witnessed protest marches and sloganeering by various student outfits today, expressing solidarity to the students agitation going on in BHU in Varanasi.

The national capital witnessed protest marches and sloganeering by various student outfits today, expressing solidarity to the students agitation going on in BHU in Varanasi. The cadres condemned the central government and the UP government for the brutal

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25 Sep 2017, 12:49 pm

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Members of AISA, AIDWA and KYS display placards and shout slogans against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a protest in support of Banaras Hindu University BHU girls' agitation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo | PTI)

CYSS members display placards and shout slogans during a protest in support of Banaras Hindu University BHU girls' agitation at Arts Faculty North Campus in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo | PTI)

The ABVP condemned the police action against the students and demanded constitution of a factfinding committee, while the Congress-backed NSUI demanded an inquiry under a sitting high court judge and resignation of the BHU vice-chancellor. (Photo | PTI)

Delhi University students led by the Congress student wing, NSUI, on Monday held protests in the capital to condemn police action against some female students who were demonstrating against alleged molestation on the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus in Varanasi. (Photo | PTI)

The protesting students said they would march to the Human Resources Development Ministry in Delhi. (Photo | PTI)

'Modi is running campaigns like ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'. But tell me how is it possible for female students to feel secure when police is used to crackdown on those protesting peacefully,' an NSUI supporter told reporters, amid anti-Modi, anti-Yogi sloganeering. (Photo | PTI)