New Delhi: Protesting against the government's "oppression of the student community", three leaders of the BJP's youth wing have quit their posts at the Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU, where a student from a rival group has been arrested on sedition charges.
Pradeep Narwal, Rahul Yadav and Ankit Hans have resigned from their positions in the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or ABVP, which had complained last week about anti-India slogans raised at an on-campus event by Kanhaiya Kumar.
"Kanhaiya is accused, try him. If you want to give him lifetime punishment, give (it to) him," said Mr Narwal, one of the three ABVP leaders who has resigned. He said Mr Kumar's fate must be decided by court. "Don't make our culture Talibani," he said on NDTV. However, top leaders of the ABVP at the same university said they have yet to receive the resignations.
But the police and government say that Mr Kumar made anti-national remarks, including some in support of Afzal Guru, who was hanged three years ago for masterminding the attack on Parliament in 2001.
The trio of ABVP leaders who have quit their positions said they support neither the contentious event at JNU last week, nor the violence that has followed.
Pradeep Narwal, Rahul Yadav and Ankit Hans have resigned from their positions in the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or ABVP, which had complained last week about anti-India slogans raised at an on-campus event by Kanhaiya Kumar.
"Kanhaiya is accused, try him. If you want to give him lifetime punishment, give (it to) him," said Mr Narwal, one of the three ABVP leaders who has resigned. He said Mr Kumar's fate must be decided by court. "Don't make our culture Talibani," he said on NDTV. However, top leaders of the ABVP at the same university said they have yet to receive the resignations.
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But the police and government say that Mr Kumar made anti-national remarks, including some in support of Afzal Guru, who was hanged three years ago for masterminding the attack on Parliament in 2001.
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The trio of ABVP leaders who have quit their positions said they support neither the contentious event at JNU last week, nor the violence that has followed.
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