At least six members of the Management Council of the university, the primary executive body responsible for university affairs, began their council meeting on February 6 with chants of Jai Shri Ram.
India News: Police have booked 12 members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, for protesting against an experimental play at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). The play, titled 'Jab We Met', depicted behind-the-scenes banter among actors performing in Ramleela.
Based on a complaint lodged by NCP worker Appa Jadhav, the Vishrambag police have registered a case under section 452 (house-trespass) and other relevant provisions of the IPC and Bombay Police Act for the attack that took place on Wednesday evening, he said.
However, Maharashtra BJP's chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye, referring to several past incidents, claimed there was state government-sponsored terrorism in Maharashtra with mute approval from (NCP chief) Sharad Pawar. Pawar's party shares power with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra.
BJP leader Vinayak Ambekar has claimed that NCP workers had come to his office on Saturday, May 14 seeking tax consultation and had then hit and abused him.