J’khand: ABVP Attacks Student for Questioning PM Modi’s Promises

More than 100 members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Sunday allegedly thrashed a student in Jharkhand's Giridih district for questioning the Modi government in front of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravindra Kumar Ray. 

The incident happened on Sunday when a student named PK Suman asked the youth to ponder upon the promises fulfilled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014. Following this, a group of ABVP activists allegedly attacked him.

"I just said that Prime Minister Modi came to power with many promises, but the youth must think how many of them have been fulfilled. On this, some ABVP students snatched away my mic, and started slapping me," Suman was quoted as saying by ANI.

Later, MP Ray, who was also present at the event, said, "It was a college seminar, he should not have given a political statement. If some boys have reacted, it was natural. There was no violence. All programmes are not meant for politics." Ray is MP from Koderma constituency in Jharkhand.

PK Suman, a student who was thrashed allegedly by ABVP workers in #Jharkhand’s Giridih y'day,says,”I just said that Modi ji came to power with many promises but youth must think how many of them have been fulfilled.On this, some ABVP students took away my mic&started slapping me" pic.twitter.com/VrYNSGMody

— ANI (@ANI) 7 October 2018

In four years of Modi rule, there has been a swarm of protests from various sections of the society. Several communities – farmers, teachers, manual scavengers, students, workers and women – have been taking to streets to make their voices heard.