Senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan along with Allahabad University student union president Richa Singh was held hostage for around half an hour inside the office of Allahabad University Vice Chancellor, RL Hangloo.
News reports says Varadarajan was not allowed to address the symposium at Senate hall of the Arts campus as the AU authorities had withdrawn the permission for holding the symposium at the said venue. The permission was withdrawn following the protest by the four office bearers of AU student union who were of the opinion that Varadarajan is pro-naxal and his ideas are anti-nationalist.
Varadarajan's talk is junked by AU on ABVP pressure. Dalit Stu was suspended by Hyd Univ due to ABVP/Irani. Fascism!
https://t.co/lLutn494gM
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) January 20, 2016
Suffocate all opinion. ABVP-BJP target Allahabad Univ Students Union President, Richa Singh for inviting noted journalist, S. Vardarajan.
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) January 20, 2016
News reports says Varadarajan was not allowed to address the symposium at Senate hall of the Arts campus as the AU authorities had withdrawn the permission for holding the symposium at the said venue. The permission was withdrawn following the protest by the four office bearers of AU student union who were of the opinion that Varadarajan is pro-naxal and his ideas are anti-nationalist.
