NEW DELHI - Students of Congress Wing (NSU-I) celebrated Dussehra on Tuesday night by burning the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Ravan, claiming that it was a protest against the Centre's "failure" in honouring its promises and the continuous attacks on various educational institutions across the country.
The students also carried placards with the slogan, "Truth shall prevail over evil", according to Indian media.
The act might backfire on them considering the university administration's decision last week to order an inquiry into the effigy-burning of the Gujarat government and to issue show-cause notices to the students concerned.
"The effigy-burning was to symbolise our dissatisfaction with the current government. The idea is to root out the evil from governance and bring about a system that is pro-student and pro-people," said Sunny Diman, an NSUI activist and the outfit's candidate in the recently-concluded JNUSU polls.