Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
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| Abbreviation | ABVP |
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| Motto | Gyan, Sheel, Ekta("Knowledge, Character, Unity") |
| Formation | 1948 |
| Type | Student Organisation |
| Headquarters | Mumbai,Maharashtra, India |
Region served
| India |
National President
| Nagesh Thakur |
National General Secretary
| Vinay Bidre |
National Organising Secretary
| Sunil Ambekar |
Chief Advisor (Internal,External, Overseas and Economic Affairs)
| Gaurav Rajmohan Narayan Singh (Hrithik) |
Main organ
| Rashtriya Chhatrashakti |
| Website | www |
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)(translation: All Indian Student Council) is aNationalist all India student organisationaffiliated to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It claims to be World's largest student organisation with more than 3 million members.[1]
History
ABVP is a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS). It participates in joint activities with BJP's official youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.[2][3] It claims to be India's largest student organisation.[1]
Various branches of the ABVP have been involved in Hindu-Muslim communal riots since 1961.[4][5] However, in the 1970s, the ABVP also increasingly took on issues concerning the lower middle classes like corruption and government inertia that were also being taken on by communist student groups.[4] The ABVP played a leading role in the agitational politics of the 1970s during the JP movement. This led to collaboration among student activists in Gujarat and Bihar. The ABVP gained significantly from such efforts after the Emergency and experienced a growth in membership.[6]
By 1974, the ABVP had 160,000 members across 790 campuses and had gained control over several prominent universities, including University of Delhi via student elections. By 1983, the organization had 250,000 members and 1,100 branches.[4]ABVP grew during the 1990s, receiving more support as a result of the Babri Masjid demolition and the economic liberalisation pursued by the P. V. Narasimharaogovernment. It continued to grow after theUnited Progressive Alliance came to power in 2003, trebling in membership to 3.175 million members as of 2016. [7] It claims to be India's largest student organisation.[1]
Activities
The ABVP's manifesto includes agendas such as educational and university reforms.[8] It competes in student-body elections in colleges and universities. Students for Development (SFD) is an initiative by the ABVP to promote "right perspective towards the need of holistic and sustainable development" in students. [9] The official ABVP magazine is Rashtriya Chhatrashakti, which is published monthly in Hindi in New Delhi.[10]
ABVP has been in the news due to violent incidents, attacks and alleged right-wing extremism which are mostly claimed by ABVP to protest against anti-national and anti-hindutva activities
- 23 April 2011 : Student activists of ABVP attacked the anchors of MTV's Roadies show in Pune.[11][12]
- 18 August 2011 : ABVP cadres ransack missionary school over Anna protest inJharkhand.[13]
- 26 January 2012 : ABVP members set ablaze reels of Telugu film 'Businessman (film)' on the Osmania University campus.[14]
- 29 January 2012 : ABVP protested against the screening of Sanjay Kak's documentaryJashn-e-Azadi, forcing Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune to indefinitely postpone the seminar Voices of Kashmir.[15][16][17]
- 14 April 2012 : ABVP members attacked Beef Festival in Osmania University.[18]
- 24 August 2013 : After the screening of Jai Bhim Comrade and the performance byKabir Kala Manch, ABVP attacked students of Film and Television Institute of India,Pune and KKM members blaming them asNaxalite, and asked them to say Jai Narendra Modi.[19][20]
- 7 September 2013 : A Kashmiri film fest was allegedly targeted by the group of right wing extremists in Hyderabad. A group of ABVP workers entered the venue just few hours after the programme started and indulged in vandalism.[21]
- 30 December 2014 : PK, the film, was obstructed by ABVP.[22]
- In August 2016, ABVP volunteers filed a complaint against Amnesty international for hosting an event in Bangalore seeking justice for victims of human rights violationsin Jammu and Kashmir.[23] Slogans supporting Kashmiri independence were raised at the event.[24] ABVP activists subsequently held a protest outside the office of Amnesty.[25]
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