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New Delhi, January 6: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari on Monday slammed Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, accusing her of "bias" in meeting injured students of Jawaharlal Nehru University at AIIMS. This came after both Tiwari and Gandhi met injured students at AIIMS on Sunday night. Tiwari claimed that Gandhi only the injured students belonging to Left alignment.
Making the statement on the violence in JNU on Sunday night, Tiwari said, as quoted by News18, "I went to the trauma centre yesterday and visited the injured students. Priyanka Gandhi also went but only met the injured students belonging to the Left party and not ABVP. She specifically asked who is from the Left and who is from ABVP." JNU Violence Update: Over 42 Students, Professors Injured in Attack by Armed Masked Mob, MHA Asks Delhi Police to Take Strict Action; No Arrests Yet.
Here's the tweet by News18:
#JustIn | I went to the trauma centre yesterday and visited the injured students. Priyanka Gandhi also went but only met the injured students belonging to the Left party and not ABVP. She specifically asked who is from the Left and who is from ABVP: Manoj Tiwari pic.twitter.com/030S6yiqSt
— News18 (@CNNnews18) January 6, 2020
Earlier on Sunday night, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the AIIMS Trauma Centre in Delhi to show solidarity with the violence-hit JNU students. In the hospital she met with JNUSI president Aishe Ghosh, professor Sucharita Sen and among others. Following this, she took to Twitter and expressed her angst against the BJP government.
Here are her tweets:
Wounded students at AIIMS trauma centre told me that goons entered the campus and attacked them with sticks and other weapons. Many had broken limbs and injuries on their heads. One student said the police kicked him several times on his head.
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 5, 2020
There is something deeply sickening about a government that allows and encourages such violence to be inflicted on their own children.
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 5, 2020
India has an established global reputation as a liberal democracy. Now Modi-Shah’s goons are rampaging through our universities, spreading fear among our children, who should be preparing for a better future..1/2
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 5, 2020
.. To add insult to injury, BJP leaders are all over the media pretending that it wasn’t their goons who unleashed this violence. The people are not deceived. 2/2
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 5, 2020
It is to be known that on Sunday evening around 50-60 masked miscreants attacked the students and professors of JNU with iron rods, sledgehammer, hockey sticks and bricks. In the attacks, around 42 people -- 30 students and 12 teachers -- were injured and some of them even sustained head injuries.
Following the, the JNU registrar called upon the Delhi Police to maintain the law and order situation. Union Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked the Delhi Police Commissioner to take appropriate action against the guilty and ordered an inquiry to be carried out by a Joint CP level officer. Police have now registered the FIRs against the complaints lodged, however, no arrests have been made so far.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 06, 2020 10:48 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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