Editorial
Mind-boggling mayhem at DU campus
A new low touched in student rivalry
Some activists of JCD, opposition BNP's student wing, while going to meet the Vice Chancellor (VC) by appointment, were roughed up on Monday by workers of BCL, ruling AL's student body. Denying their involvement, DU BCL would have people believe that it was the result of JCD's factional feud.
The point to note is that, being asked by DU authorities, some newly elected leaders of the central and DU units of JCD were on their way to pay a courtesy call on the VC. Apparently the brawl was designed to foil the meeting. Why was it so?
Sadly, neither the university authorities, nor the police on the campus intervened to ward off the violence.
All this is a clear demonstration of how volatile the DU campus has remained that it can enflame passions at the slightest pretext.
Apparently, the fracas took place not as a sequel to any previous campus-related quarrel or clash between these two student groups in the recent past. Then what prompted the BCL activists to carry out an assault on the JCD? Are then the BCL activists trying to demonstrate afresh that the campus is their own turf?
What message is the pro-ruling party student body trying to put across? Can they not reconcile with the fact that all the students of the university with their respective ideologies have an equal right of access to university authorities and its facilities?
Can any student pursuing higher learning behave in the manner some of them did, denigrating the higher seat of learning? DU authorities should look into the matter and, for the sake of restoring a congenial environment for study and other legitimate pursuits, take appropriate action against the unruly elements to stop recurrence of such ugly manifestation of intolerance.
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