A student of the Osmania university here was stabbed for supporting a beef festival organised by several student groups opposing “food fascism” in hostels. The beef festival led to clashes–five students were injured and vehicles were burnt.
There were reports of clashes in Hyderabad where students battled each other at the Osmania University. The clashes came after a group of students decided to organise a 'beef festival' to protest the non-inclusion of beef in the University's menu, while another group opposed the event.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists staged a protest against the festival and clashed with the organisers. The two groups attacked each other with stones and sticks. Five students were injured in the clashes. Two vehicles were also set afire.
Protestors set afire a bus of state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC).
The clashes broke out Sunday night after some Dalit and left-wing student groups organised a beef festival on the campus, to highlight their demand for including beef in the hostel menu. Over 200 students and some professors attended the festival and ate various dishes made of beef.
The beef festival was organised by Telangana Students Association, Progressive Democratic Student Union, Student Federation of India and student groups from English and Foreign Languages University.
The organisers claimed that beef is the part of their cultural identity and an affordable source of nutrition. They said the festival was to oppose ‘food fascism’ in university hostels.
Th ABVP, which opposed the beef festival, called for university shutdown Monday.
Police have sealed all the routes leading to the university and deployed additional police and paramilitary forces on the campus to prevent further clashes.
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