Tensions erupted at COEP’s hostel in Pune ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme after NSUI-Congress and ABVP members confronted each other. NSUI alleged two female students were threatened over their support for Gandhi and scholarship concerns, while ABVP accused Congress workers of pressuring students to attend the event. Police intervened as both sides levelled allegations.
Pune: Tensions escalated at the College of Engineering Pune Technological University (COEP) hostel on Friday night, a day before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ student interaction programme in Pune, after members of Congress-NSUI and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) confronted each other.
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Police had reached the hostel premises after students and representatives of both groups gathered and raised slogans. The confrontation centred on two female students who had earlier spoken to the media about scholarship-related concerns and their support for Rahul Gandhi’s interaction with students.
NSUI (National Student Union of India), representatives alleged that ABVP workers entered the hostel premises, threatened the two students and forcibly confined them to their rooms after they spoke publicly about their concerns. They claimed the students were targeted for supporting Rahul Gandhi’s August 22 programme and for recording statements about issues faced by students.
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