By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | October 3, 2025 05:50 AM IST 2 min readThe Indian Express reached out to the JNU Press Relations Officer and the Chief Security Officer, who said they had no information regarding the clash.Tensions flared at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday evening during an immersion procession for Durga Puja organised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), after members of Left-affiliated student groups and ABVP clashed over the nature and content of the event.According to a statement issued by ABVP, the immersion procession was interrupted near Sabarmati T-Point around 7 pm, leading to a heated exchange between members of student organisations. The ABVP alleged that All India Students’ Association (AISA), Students’ Federation of India (SFI), and Democratic Students’ Federation (DSF) disrupted the procession and objected to the event being held on campus.“This is not just an attack on a religious event, but a direct attack on the university’s festive tradition and the faith of the students,” ABVP’s JNU president Mayank Panchal said in a statement. “The ABVP will not tolerate such cultural aggression at any cost.” ABVP’s JNU minister Praveen Piyush also issued a statement, describing the opposition to the Durga Visarjan procession as “condemnable and shameful”.Left student groups, meanwhile, rejected ABVP’s version of events and accused the organisation of politicising religion. In a statement, AISA said ABVP had held a Ravan Dahan event, in which effigies depicting former JNU students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were burned as representations of the demon king Ravan.Both Khalid and Imam are currently under trial in cases related to the anti-CAA protests and the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy.The AISA called the act “a blatant and dastardly display of Islamophobia,” and alleged that ABVP was attempting to exploit religious sentiment for political gain. The statement questioned why ABVP had chosen to portray Khalid and Imam as Ravan, and not figures such as Nathuram Godse or Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. “JNU rejects the politics of hate and Islamophobia,” the statement said, urging the student community to stand against what it called the “divisive politics of RSS-ABVP”.The Indian Express reached out to the JNU Press Relations Officer and the Chief Security Officer, who said they had no information regarding the clash between the students.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:New Delhi