Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday was shown black flags by section of students and activists in Jamia Milia Islamia University in the national capital. They accused him of double speak on the Batla House encounter case.
Singh was in Jamia University to participate as one of the speakers in the seminar on 'The Politics of Terrorism and Suspicion', held in the university on Tuesday.
The group of students and activists, wearing black arm bands showed him black flags. They even raised slogans like “Digvijay go back”.
Our channel Samay’s special correspondent Panini Anand spoke to some of the students and social rights activists, who participated in the seminar. They pointed out several big loopholes in the police version of the events in Batla House encounter case.
They further reiterated that the youths of the community won’t take the oppression by the state any longer and they will continue to protest at the top of their voice, until they get justice.
Meanwhile, Singh assured students and teachers of Jamia Milia Islamia of taking forward their concerns over the Batla House encounter probe. to party president Sonia Gandhi.
"It is true that when I was in Azamgarh I said that I will not like to speak about the case but I said that I will raise the issue of clubbing of cases at the highest level when I get back to New Delhi," Singh said.
He pointed out he and his party had sought for a judicial probe into the encounter and even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was approached concerning this.
"I can assure you that if a delegation of yours is keen, I can arrange for a meeting with the Congress president so that you may raise all your issues before her," Singh said.
He told the students that he faces opposition from his own party men on the issue.
"Whether you believe it or not, I face opposition from within my own party over this issue but still, I am ready to stand by your side and come where ever you want to raise your concerns," the Congress leader said.
Singh denied any claims from the section of agitated students that Congress was using the Batla House issue for its political gains and reminded that it was the only party that "stood by the community".
Meanwhile, a huge torchlight procession was held in Jamia Nagar on Saturday under the banner of All India Student’s Association (AISA).
Students and faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University and JNU participated in the procession, demanding the judicial probe in the Batla House shootout.
On September 19, 2008, two suspected terrorists allegedly involved in Delhi serial blasts, Atif Ameen and Mohammad Sajed were killed in an alleged encounter in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. Both of them were students of the University as well.
A Delhi police officer Mohan Chand Sharma was also killed in the shootout.(source:Sahara Samay)
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