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ABVP and NSUI members clash at Cachar College over hijab, several hurt
Several students were injured in a clash between ABVP and NSUI members at Cachar College in Silchar on Tuesday, triggered by objections to hijab-wearing female students during an NSUI membership drive. The…
Several students were injured in a clash between ABVP and NSUI members at Cachar College in Silchar on Tuesday, triggered by objections to hijab-wearing female students during an NSUI membership drive. The verbal argument escalated into physical scuffles, with reports that NSUI women wearing hijab were assaulted. Police reached the campus and took the injured to hospital, security remains deployed.
The incident comes a day after a section of students submitted a memorandum to the district administration seeking a ban on religious attire, including hijab and caps, on college premises. Authorities are monitoring the situation closely. No arrests or official statements have been reported yet.
Indian Opinion Analysis
This reflects a familiar pattern in Assam, where campus identity politics have simmered since the 2022 hijab row in Karnataka. The ABVP and NSUI represent the BJP-allied RSS affiliate and the Congress-linked student wing respectively, and their confrontations often mirror national political faultlines. Cachar College, a century-old institution in the Barak Valley, has a mixed demographic. The district administration now faces the choice of enforcing a dress code, which could face legal challenge under the Supreme Court's 2022 split verdict on hijab that left the matter to state governments. The next signal will be the district administration's response to the memorandum and whether police register an FIR naming individuals.
Source: timesnownews.com
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