New Delhi: Delhi University students and police clashed on Friday over the screening of BBC documentary 'India: The Modi Question'. The students said that they wanted to see this documentary, while the police were not allowing them to see it. At the same time, the police say that this documentary has been banned, so its screening cannot be allowed.
Screening stopped to maintain peace: Registrar
University Registrar Devesh Nigam has issued a statement on this issue. He said screening of films on the campus has been stopped to maintain peace. In view of the law and order issue, the Dean-Students Welfare has organized counselling for the group of students. But the students say that they will work according to their fixed programmes.
Sec 144 imposed
Police said that Section 144 is applicable near the Arts Faculty of Delhi University. Crowd cannot be allowed to gather here. Some students have been detained after the ruckus. A day earlier on Thursday, there was a dispute between Students Federation of India (SFI) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) regarding this documentary in Hyderabad University.
SFI screened documentary in Hyderabad
In Hyderabad, SFI screened the controversial documentary to over 400
students. In response, the ABVP activists screened the film 'The Kashmir
Files' in the university campus. SFI also posted a picture from the
screening of the documentary on social media. It was written in the
caption that ABVP workers tried to create ruckus, but we did not let
them succeed.
Students of JMI were detained
Attempts were also made to screen this documentary at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University in Delhi. The screening of the BBC documentary was planned by a left-wing student organisation the Students Federation of India (SFI) at JMI University. However, on 25 January the police took four students into custody in this matter. Later another over 70 students were detained when they were protesting outside JMI. Most of the students have since been released.
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