Hours after the police intervened at Azim Premji University due to vandalism, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take strict action against All India Students Association (AISA) and its affiliate SPARK. ABVP accused them of promoting anti-national activities on the campus. ABhinandan Mirji, ABVP’s Bengaluru unit Secretary, alleged that educational institutions were being misused to spread anti-national ideologies.
The ABVP claimed that AISA and SPARK organized events that spread anti-national narratives and influenced students negatively. They alleged that these activities portrayed Indian soldiers negatively, discussed Kashmir’s separation from India, and criticized military operations. ABVP demanded a ban on AISA and SPARK operating within the university campus and called for an investigation into the involved students and organizers.
ABVP also urged authorities to take strict disciplinary and legal action against those found violating norms. They demanded the revocation of Azim Premji University’s recognition if it was found supporting activities against national unity. Abhinandan Mirji emphasized the importance of educational institutions focusing on academic excellence and nation-building. He stressed the need to prevent campuses from becoming centers of activities that could harm national integrity.
Protests erupted at Azim Premji University after ABVP members accused a student collective of planning an “anti-national” seminar related to Jammu and Kashmir. The university clarified that it had not authorized any such event. ABVP activists barged onto the campus, vandalized property, and demanded disciplinary action against the organizers. The controversy arose from a program organized by a student collective named SPARK, which ABVP claimed was derogatory towards the Indian Army and promoted separatist ideologies.
Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara supported the police action against ABVP members, stating that disrupting academic events or taking the law into one’s hands would not be tolerated. Former Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan praised Azim Premji University’s contributions to education but called for banning organizations like SPARK, sponsored by AISA, from operating in universities. He emphasized the need to prevent such programs in the future.
