A violent clash broke out between two groups of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Friday during a ‘Visarjan Shobha Yatra’ organised on the occasion of Vijayadashami, following the nine-day Navratri celebrations.

According to JNUSU Joint Secretary Vaibhav Meena, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) had called for a symbolic ‘Ravan Dahan’ at Sabarmati, targeting what they described as “Naxal-like forces.”

Meena claimed that effigies and photos of individuals with alleged Naxal ideologies, including Afzal Guru, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, G Sai Baba, and Charu Majumdar, were burned during the event.

“Today, on Vijayadashami, JNUSU had given a call that we would perform the ‘dahan’ of Naxal-like Ravan, of naxal forces. The nine-day Durga Puja of Navr

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