ABVP cadre of University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Thursday, August 15, vandalised a mural of the Palestinian flag created in solidarity with the Palestinian cause on the walls of the University near the School of Social Sciences.
The incident took place during the right wing student outfit’s Independence day rally at the UoH campus. They raised slogans alleging lack of patriotism towards India among the citizens who sympathise with the Palestinian cause.
Other student organisations at UoH have condemned the act, alleging the lack of ‘real Indian spirit’ missing from the nationalist students outfit. The students’ union of the University condemned the incident in their stating that it “highlights their (ABVP’s) ignorance of, and selective blindness toward the shared anti-imperialist history between India and Palestine.”