JNU Students burn effigy of Indian PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah depicting them as ‘Ravana’

New Delhi: As per media reports a section of Jawahar Lal Nehru (JNU) students chose the visages of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah to depict them as Ravana and burnt the effigy.

According to the Indian Express (IE) members of the Congress-affiliated National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) celebrated Dussehra last night by burning the effigy of Modi as Ravan, claiming that it was a protest against the Centre’s “failure” in honouring its promises and the continuous attacks on various educational institutions across the country.

Besides Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, the effigy had faces of Yoga propagadist Ramdev, Sadhvi Pragya, Nathuram Godse, Asaram and JNU Vice-Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar. The students also carried placards with the slogan, ‘Truth shall prevail over evil’.

The effigy was burnt at the famous Saraswati Dhaba on the JNU campus. University officials, when contacted, were tight-lipped about whether the students had sought a permission for the event or not, notes the Indian Express.

However, according to some media report the university administration has reportedly order inquiry into the incident.

“The effigy-burning was to symbolise our dissatisfaction with the current government. The idea is to root out the evil from governance and bring about a system that is pro-student and pro-people,” said Sunny Diman, an NSUI activist and the outfit’s candidate in the recently-concluded JNUSU polls.

“Look at what this government has done to our country. The promises it made are still on paper and are repeated only in speeches. Whenever students want to raise their voice, they are attacked by the administration, certainly on instructions from the government. This Dussehra, we wanted to put an end to these rubbish activities,” he added.

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