JNUSU Elections: ABVP’s Saurabh Sharma talks about Kashmir, caste and more.
Here’s one quote: “Pathar marenge toh goli khaenge.” Read on.
In 2015, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) made a return to Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union’s (JNUSU) central panel after 14 years. ABVP’s Saurabh Sharma won the election for the joint secretary’s post by just 28 votes. As an outgoing office bearer, Sharma feels JNU gives space only to “communist” history and literature in the syllabus. He added that other ideologies and specifically ‘Right’ content should be accommodated in the syllabus too.
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ContributeResponding to a question on the Kashmiri protestors who are demanding freedom, Sharma said, “Patthar marenge to goli khaenge (if they throw stone, they will get bullets).”
Interestingly, this ABVP activist supports those demanding freedom for Pakistan’s Balochistan province. He added that it fits Parishad’s “akhand bharat (undivided India)” agenda.
Sharma, who joined JNU in 2014, played a crucial role in attacking Left-wing student organisations on campus after the controversial February 9 sloganeering. “Those who raised anti-national slogans and those who supported them are anti-nationals,” said Sharma. Watch the whole interview here.
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