ABVP takes out march with 100-metre long Tricolour in Guwahati

February 23, 2016 17:19

As part of its nationwide programme against the recent Jawaharlal Nehru University episode, the Assam unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Tuesday took out a protest march in Guwahati carrying a 100-metre long model of the Tricolour.

Over 500 members of the ABVP participated in the rally, led by the unit's national secretary Hari Barikar. The members appealed to the youth to remain prepared to protest the country from divisive forces and also demanded for exemplary punishment against those who raised slogans against the country.

In a statement issued, the ABVP said that the section of anti-national elements who had gathered and raised slogans against India in the JNU campus while observing martyr's day for Afzal Guru, were posing a threat to the integrity and unity of the country.

The youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party also lambasted the Left parties for raising the question of freedom of speech and argued that the Right to Freedom of Speech did not allow people to make slogans such as 'India go back', which were raised at the JNU campus.

-- K Anurag in Guwahati

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