Overview

• A confrontation erupted during a School of Social Sciences general body meeting tied to forming the JNUSU election committee.
• AISA accused ABVP members of disrupting proceedings and physically assaulting students, and said JNUSU president Nitish Kumar was gheraoed and beaten.
• ABVP alleged a Left councillor made derogatory remarks about students from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and said its supporters, including women, were injured.
• Delhi Police described the episode as a minor scuffle with no injuries reported and said no formal complaints have been filed.
• JNU condemned the violence and will conduct an internal review as videos of the incident spread online, with campus polls slated for early November.