Mumbai: Thakur College Issues Clarification As Video Goes Viral Of Students Protesting Against Forced Attendance At BJP Seminar
Megha Chowdhury | 23 March 2024 | Free Press Journal
Mumbai: Thakur college, Kandivali has issued a statement regarding the session that took place at the college premises yesterday on March 22, wherein students were forced into attending a seminar organised by the college for BJP member Dhruv Goyal, son of Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
The video of the seminar which has gone viral and has been picked up by various political parties shows students protesting against being forced to attend the seminar.
Students who spoke on the condition of anonymity told the Free Press Journal yesterday that the teachers confiscated all students' ID cards while they were appearing their examination for the BMM paper. Just a few minutes after their exams was over, they were forced to attend the seminar at the same complex, concurrently every exists were were closed so that students couldn’t get away.
While students were kept in the dark about what they were to expect at the seminar, they were surprised that it was called by the BJP member to discuss election issues and talk about the political party.