The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) alleged on Thursday (October 2) that Left-affiliated student groups attacked a Durga idol-immersion procession at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), while Left organisations accused the ABVP of using religion for political propaganda through a Ravan Dahan programme.

No immediate response was available from the JNU administration over the issue.

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In a statement, the ABVP said Left groups, including the AISA, SFI and DSF, "violently attacked" the immersion procession near the Sabarmati T-Point around 7 pm, claiming that several male and female students were injured in stone-pelting and abused.

‘Attack on religious event’

ABVP JNU president Mayank Panchal said, "This is not

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