Furious Amit Shah summons MLA Gyandev over 'JNU drug hub' comment

February 24, 2016 13:41

An upset Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has summoned MLA Gyandev Ahuja to 'explain' his bizarre statement claiming that the Jawaharlal Nehru University was a hub for sex and drugs.

The BJP MLA from Ramgarh in Rajasthan's Alwar district had claimed that those studying in JNU are involved in activities including "sex and drugs" among others.

Listing out the "illicit" activities been conducted at JNU, Ahuja claimed, "More than 10,000 butts of cigarettes and 4,000 pieces of beedis are found. 50,000 big and small pieces of bones are found. 2,000 wrappers of chips and namkeen are found, and so are 3,000 used condoms. They commit misdeeds with our sisters and daughters there. And 500 used contraceptive injections are also found."

He also alleged that "students are mostly found taking drugs after 8pm inside the campus. Those studying in JNU are not children, but parents of two children. They indulge in peace protests in the mornings and during the nights, they perform obscene dances," he added.

With his JNU list, he wanted to demonstrate that anti-national activities are rampant at the prestigious university.

But his comments have backfired spectacularly at a time his party's government at the Centre is confronting the anger of students and opposition leaders who have accused it of crushing dissent.

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