Modi to face protests from Left-leaning student groups at DU

The Gujarat Chief Minister won’t exactly get the warmest welcome when he speaks at the Sri Ram College of Commerce. Students from Delhi University and JNU are expected to protest against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s much publicised visit to Sri Ram College of Commerce later today, calling it a ‘misuse of academic spaces’. Many of us in the student community are against Narendra Modi’s brand of politics and we protest this misuse of academic spaces,” said Piyush Raj, joint secretary of the JNU Students Union and member of ultra-left student All India Students Association. Left-leaning student organizations and teachers from JNU, Delhi University and Jamia Milia Islamia, said Raj, would participate in the protest. We are expecting at least 500 students to participate in the protest,” said Yadav, member of All India Student Federation, the student wing of Communist Party of India, Questioning Modi’s projection as a Prime Ministerial candidate Durgesh Tripathi, vice-president of the AISF and a JNU student said, “Due the Godhra massacre, we are opposing Narendra Modi.