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Fergusson College Principal Says Allegation Of 'Anti-National' Slogans Was A 'Typo'

'Typo' In Letter To Police Leaves Fergusson College Principal Embarassed
Students of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) or All Indian Student Council, a student wing of the ruling Bharatiya Janata party, shout pro India slogans during a march in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. The students demanded strict action against those indulging in anti-national activities, especially in the light of what happened in a New Delhi university where anti-India slogans calling for the destruction of India and independence for the Indian portion of Kashmir were allegedly shouted two weeks ago. Some banners in the local language read:
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Students of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) or All Indian Student Council, a student wing of the ruling Bharatiya Janata party, shout pro India slogans during a march in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. The students demanded strict action against those indulging in anti-national activities, especially in the light of what happened in a New Delhi university where anti-India slogans calling for the destruction of India and independence for the Indian portion of Kashmir were allegedly shouted two weeks ago. Some banners in the local language read:

PUNE -- Within hours of writing to the Pune police for taking action against those who allegedly raised 'anti-national' slogans in campus, Fergusson College principal Ravindra Singh Pardeshi has retracted his comments and said that the letter to the cops had a printing mistake.

"Yesterday, I said that I have talked to a local committee. As a college principal, I am trying so that things go smooth in the college campus. We want to sustain a peaceful environment. There was a printing mistake in the letter. We are making the necessary corrections," Pardeshi told the media here.

"I had asked the Pune Police for investigation. If the students are found involved in it then action should be taken. We are requesting the police to investigate it," he added.

Singh had written a letter to the Pune Police seeking investigation into the alleged 'anti-national' slogans raised in the college premises yesterday.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists and some students from the Left organisations got into a heated argument yesterday during a talk organised at the Fergusson College on the topic 'Truth of JNU'.

The students, who had gathered under the Ambedkarite ideology group, raised slogans for JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar and Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula who hanged himself in Hyderabad Central University campus earlier in January this year.

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