JNU Violence: Manoj Tiwari Slams Priyanka Gandhi for 'Meeting Only Left-Aligned Injured Students' at AIIMS, Alleges Congress Leader 'Asked Who is From Left and ABVP'
Amid the controversy over the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday night gaining momentum, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari attacked Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for meeting only the students belonging to Left alignment.
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:
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:
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.
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