Pune college ‘prom night’ disrupted on January 22, attendees forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’: Report
6 February 2024 | Scroll.in
A group of at least five men disrupted an event at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune on January 22, objecting to students “partying on the day of Ram temple consecration ceremony”, reported The Indian Express.
The Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya was inaugurated on the same day in a ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
That evening, the Pune institute hosted an event titled “Prom Night” as part of an annual college festival called “Spirit Week”, the newspaper reported. Nearly 100 students and alumni attended the event that began at 6 pm.
At around 8.30 pm, the men allegedly entered the campus and began disrupting the event, taking umbrage that it was being held on the same day as the Ram temple’s consecration. They also allegedly forced people to say “Jai Shree Ram”, an unidentified student told The Indian Express…