Modi govt a ‘dictator’, stay united: Kejriwal to JNUSU president

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal today congratulated the new JNUSU, its newly-elected president N Sai Balaji and the students for defeating the right wing ABVP in the recent elections. Kejriwal told Balaji to keep the struggle on and stay united.

Ananya Panda

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 19

Chief Minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal today congratulated the new JNUSU, its newly-elected president N Sai Balaji and the students for defeating the right wing ABVP in the recent elections. Kejriwal told Balaji to keep the struggle on and stay united.

In a meeting with Balaji at his Civil Lines residence, Kejriwal is learnt to have accused the Modi government of "dictatorship" when he said the current regime at the centre is drawing inspiration from the infamous leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler.

"The present regime is taking inspiration from Hitler and trying to muzzle and annihilate democracy," the CM is said to have alleged.

He congratulated students for our commanding victory and trouncing of ABVP in JNUSU elections, said Balaji.

Balaji apprised the CM about the prevailing situation on the JNU campus. Kejriwal was briefed about the ABVP's alleged "rising terror and violence" in JNU on students and "inaction" of JNU VC against all those involved.

The JNU administration is instead accused of “shielding” the students of the right wing in the matter of violence in campus, Balaji alleged.

“Met him and discussed in detail how we are being attacked and so on. How threats were given in police station, how lynch mobs were baiting for blood and how an environment of fear is being perpetuated,” alleged the new JNUSU president.

“He (Delhi CM) felt inspired when I told him how we are resisting this regime, violence and section 144 rules through massive unity, night vigils, protests, peace marches and non-cooperation,” Balaji said adding that the Delhi CM asked the JNU students to keep their "fight on and be united".

ABVP alleges Left of violence

On the other side, the ABVP, has expressed apprehensions of “more attacks” on its members demanding action against the Left-associated members who allegedly assaulted them by the JNU administration.

The ABVP members accused the members of All India Students' Association and Students' Federation of India of badly injuring its students a day after the United Left swept the JNUSU's central panel on September 16.