A BJP lawmaker from Rajasthan has aggravated mostly derision once he read out an unconventional grocery list of "sins" committed within the Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU, whose students are presently at war with the central government. Gyandev Ahuja says he gleaned the information from social media and television channels.
"In JNU daily you find 3,000 beer cans and bottles, 2,000 Indian liquor bottles, 10,000 cigarette butts, 4,000 beedis, 50,000 bone pieces, 2,000 wrappers of chips, 3,000 used condoms and 500 abortion injections," Mr Ahuja said on Monday during a march he had organized in Rajasthan's Alwar, around one hundred fifty kilometer from Delhi, to protest against JNU "traitors".
The condoms are "used for committing misdeeds with our sisters and daughters," said the 63-year-old politician, who says in his biodata that he has studied until class 12.
The lawmaker went on to say that drugs are taken on the campus. "After 8, there are cultural programmes in which boys and girls dance naked," he declared.
Mr Ahuja moonlights as a stage actor and is known for his portrayal of "Ravana" in Ram Lila each year. He was passed over twice when ministers were hand-picked for the Vasundhara Raje government within the state.
The list was meant to bolster Mr Ahuja's argument that anti-national activities are rampant on the JNU field. He said: "When Ma Durga Ashtami is celebrated, they celebrate (demon) Mahishasura Jayanti."
The comments come at a time the Centre is coping with the anger of scholars who have accused it of crushing dissent. The students are demanding the release of Kanhaiya Kumar, who was in remission on sedition charges for allegedly creating anti-national statements at an on-campus event to mark the day of remembrance of the hanging of the terrorist Afzal Guru. 5 additional students are charged with the same charges over the event.
