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Just two days after the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)renamed a road in the campus on V.D Savarkar's name, a poster saying 'Muhammad Ali Jinnah road' was seen pasted on the signage board early morning on Tuesday.The student wing of the Rashtriya Swayam sevak Sangh (RSS), the ABVP has now alleged that the poster was put by the Left-led JNU Student Union (JNUSU).

"The Left-led JNUSU's intolerant activism continues inJNU; Defaces V.D. Savarkar Marg signboard, put up 'Mohammad Ali Jinnah Marg' poster," a statement by the JNU unit of the ABVP said. Although no organisation has taken responsibility for the 'Jinnah' poster, but the Nationa lStudents Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday morning had claimed that it had blackened the Savarkar road signage and also renamed it as the B.R. Ambedkarroad. JNU Names Road Inside Campus After VD Savarkar, JNUSU Chief Says 'Don't Have Space for Likes of Him'.

The NSUI took responsibility for the action on Twitter."Savarkar had no hand in India's independence; he was an agent of theBritish government," an NSUI tweet on Tuesday morning read. "NSUI hasrenamed it to B.R. Ambedkar Marg because Baba Sahab gave India itsConstitution."

On Sunday night, a road near Subansir Hostel on the JNUcampus was renamed as the V.D. Savarkar Marg, a move that riled the JNUSU. In awhatsapp message, JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh said: "Shame on the legacyof JNU that this man's name has been put up in this university.""Never did the university had space for Savarkar and his stooges and neverwill it have!" she added, followed by hashtag 'RejectHindutva'.


Publish Time: 17 March 2020
TP News

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