Sharad Yadav criticises police action against protesting BHU students

September 24, 2017 14:25

Senior JD-U leader Sharad Yadav today denounced the alleged police action against Banaras Hindu University students protesting the increasing incidents of eve-teasing on the campus, and said the issue will be raised in Parliament.

A group of students had staged a sit-in at the main gate of the university after a woman student of the Arts faculty was allegedly harassed by three motorcycle-borne men on the campus.

The protesting students were reportedly baton-charged by the police last night.

"It has never happened before at BHU. It is a sheer violation of freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution," Yadav said in a statement.

"We will raise the issue in Parliament... It is intolerable in a democracy and the government should apologise," he said, adding people will take to the streets to protest it.

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