New Delhi [India], March 1 (HBTV): A clash broke out between the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad  (ABVP) and Left-backed student groups including the All India Students’ Association (AISA) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the selection of election committee members at the School of Languages on Thursday night, leaving some students injured.  

The two sides have blamed each other for the attacks.        

‘ABVP JNU condemns this brutal attack on students and will always stand for rights of students. Common students who came to attend SL School GBM at School of Languages were brutally attacked with sharp objects by leftist goons just because they were asking for a fair chance to participate and vote in the school GBM. Some students faced severe injuries,’ the ABVP posted on X. 

‘At least six people have been injured. The fight was started by them (AISA) and we have filed the complaint. The selective video has been released. These communist attacked us from the back and at that time were not able to record the video when we were attacked,’ Umesh Chandra, ABVP president told reporters on Friday.    

‘They were all hitting us. In the self defense we attacked them as security people were not coming to help us. The issue started after questioning the process of EC process,’ Umesh Chandra said.      

On the other hand, the Left-wing students accused the ABVP of creating a ruckus and allegedly disrupting the selection process for the election committee. 

‘The last day of the GBM at the School of Languages witnessed another round of violence by ABVP goons. Initially attempting to disrupt the selection process for the election committee, the ABVP resorted to physical violence against students when thwarted by JNU students. The ABVP goons were seen wielding rods and targeting and beating common students indiscriminately,’ the AISA stated. 

" They also vitiated the atmosphere of school GBM premises by threatening students, by sexist and casteist slurs," the AISA stated. 

The Left-wing students alleged that two senior students of Ph.D. scholars and a senior AISA activist were chased and beaten up by members of the ABVP.  

(ANI) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for brevity and clarity.