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Jamia students protest RSS centenary event amid heavy security
More than 50 Jamia Millia Islamia students protested on campus against a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh centenary event, with heavy security presence from Delhi Police and the Rapid Action Force. The protest involved left-leaning student groups, placards, and slogans, following an earlier objection by SFI and amid criticisms of university administration’s 'differential treatment'.
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The clash highlights campus tensions around RSS-linked events and debates over democratic rights and security at universities in India.
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Jamia protests against RSS centenary event on campus
April 28, 2026
More than 50 Jamia Millia Islamia students staged a protest on the campus against a programme marking 100 years of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, part of the RSS-led 'Yuva Kumbh' centenary celebrations. Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force were deployed in heavy numbers. Protesters held placards reading 'Jamia is our university, not your shakha' and 'reject saffronisation of our campus', and chanted 'Inquilab Zindabad'. A protester said RSS was attempting to bring their chief guest inside the auditorium through one entrance while protests continued outside. The demonstrators, affiliated with left-leaning groups including SFI and AISA, urged RSS functionaries to leave the campus. AISA Delhi president Saiyed said the university administration was applying differential treatment, noting that RSS had been allowed to organise a full programme in an air-conditioned hall; he vowed to continue resisting such events to defend democratic rights.
SFI Jamia unit objects to RSS centenary event
April 27, 2026
The Jamia unit of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) criticized the RSS-centenary programme on campus, calling it a 'direct provocation' and objecting to the university administration's handling in the run-up to the event.