Ordeal of Dalits In Uttar Pradesh: Arrest, Suspension of Students; Removal of Ambedkar’s Statue
Asad Rizvi | 30 April 2024 | The Wire
Twenty three students, 20 of whom belong to Dalit communities, were arrested and jailed for agitating against the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) administration in Lucknow. The administration has suspended six students, out of whom three are from Dalit backgrounds.
On April 17, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) brought a sound system to the BBAU campus to commemorate Ram Navami without permission.
Dalit students went to the chancellor’s residence to complain about the ABVP, and student leaders held a demonstration outside chancellor Sanjay Singh’s home, blaming the university administration for not prohibiting the right-wing student union from using the sound system….