India, Oct. 3 -- Clashes broke out between two student groups at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi on Thursday during the Dussehra celebrations on the campus. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) claimed that Left-wing student groups attacked a Durga Puja idol immersion procession, while the Left groups accused the ABVP of using religion for political gains through a Ravan Dahan programme.

Vaibhav Meena, JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) joint secretary and the lone ABVP member on the panel, claimed that they had called for a symbolic 'Ravan Dahan' by targeting what they claimed were 'Naxal-like forces.'

"Today, on Vijayadashami, JNUSU had given a call that we would perform the 'dahan' of Naxal-like Ravan, of Naxal force...