RSS leader calls Jantar Mantar student protest 'anti-national'
At an ABVP meeting, Atul Limaye said the protest was taken over by "the wrong people". Dipke hit back.
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Speaking at an ABVP workers' meeting in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, RSS joint general secretary Atul Limaye said the protest began as a genuine student movement but "fell into the hands of the wrong people". He called it "anti-constitutional" and "anti-national".Sources:1Oneindia2Telangana Today
He suggested, without offering proof, that Left-supporting organizations had fuelled the unrest, and urged ABVP members to study the agitation.Sources:1Oneindia2Telangana Today
Abhijeet Dipke replied that the RSS had no right to call anyone anti-national.Sources:1Oneindia
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Who is involved
- Atul LimayeCalled the protest "anti-national"Joint general secretary, RSSSources:1Oneindia
- Rashtriya Swayamsevak SanghHindu nationalist organization; Limaye is a senior leaderHindu nationalist volunteer organizationSources:1Oneindia
- Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi ParishadHosted the workers' meetingStudent organization affiliated with the RSSSources:1Oneindia
- Abhijeet DipkeRejected the remarksFounder and National Convenor, Cockroach Janta PartySources:1Oneindia
- Cockroach Janta PartyTarget of the remarksYouth-led protest movement in IndiaSources:1Oneindia
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