{"id":10925,"date":"2026-08-10T22:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10925"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T22:16:53","slug":"after-jnu-cancels-venue-umar-khalid-book-discussion-held-outside-amid-abvp-protests-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10925","title":{"rendered":"After JNU cancels venue, Umar Khalid book discussion held outside amid ABVP protests | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133137628,imgsize-93160,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/three-day-interim-bail-for-umar-khalid-in-uapa-case.jpg\" alt=\"After JNU cancels venue, Umar Khalid book discussion held outside amid ABVP protests\" title=\"The discussion was centred on Khalid\u2019s book, Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power, based on his PhD thesis submitted at JNU\u2019s Centre for Historical Studies in 2018.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The discussion was centred on Khalid\u2019s book, Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power, based on his PhD thesis submitted at JNU\u2019s Centre for Historical Studies in 2018.\">The discussion was centred on Khalid\u2019s book, Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power, based on his PhD thesis submitted at JNU\u2019s Centre for Historical Studies in 2018.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: A discussion on Umar Khalid\u2019s book was held outside the School of Social Sciences-II building Monday after JNU withdrew permission for the programme at the auditorium.<!-- --> The event was, however, disrupted by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/abvp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABVP<\/a> members who stormed into the gathering and raised slogans.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>A large number of students had gathered for the discussion, with chairs arranged for the five speakers \u2014 historians Prabhu Mahapatra and Uma Chakravarti, writer Shuddhabrata Sengupta, activist Harsh Mander and Khalid\u2019s partner Banojyotsna Lahiri. A stall outside the venue displayed Khalid\u2019s book, Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jnusu\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JNUSU<\/a> president Aditi Mishra condemned the cancellation of the auditorium booking. Saying Khalid had been \u201cwrongly incarcerated\u201d without trial for six years, she said, \u201cGovt doesn\u2019t want people to know Khalid as an activist and a historian\u2026 They know if people read the book, they will know how he loved his country.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Mahapatra, Khalid\u2019s PhD thesis examiner, said, \u201cThe book talks about how powerful the tribes in Jharkhand were till the British came, and about the tension between class and community.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Around 10 minutes into the discussion, while Mahapatra was speaking, ABVP members entered and moved towards the stage carrying posters questioning Khalid\u2019s views: \u201cHas Umar Khalid not defended Afzal Guru?\u201d, \u201cTerror is not your freedom of expression\u201d and \u201cIs Umar\u2019s father not associated with SIMI, a terror group?\u201d An ABVP member got into a heated argument with the speakers before security personnel removed him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Counter-sloganeering continued for over 1.5 hours. JNUSU and their supporters raised slogans including \u201cABVP go back\u201d and \u201cFree Umar Khalid and Sharjeel\u201d while ABVP members raised slogans like \u201cAatankwad ki kabar khudegi\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Addressing the protesters, Mander said, \u201cWhy are Modi, Shah so afraid of Khalid that he has been kept in jail for six years without trial? RSS never participated in the fight for independence. <!-- -->Khalid has a Muslim identity, is young, leftist and atheist, and loves his country.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Lahiri said Khalid\u2019s PhD, on which the book is based, was the result of long hours of research. She said he had balanced his activism with academic work and spent hours in the library working on his thesis. Politics and activism, she added, were more difficult today than during their time as JNU students.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Chakravarti\u2019s speech was disrupted by counter-sloganeering. <!-- -->Sengupta addressed the protesters amid the continuing disruption, with their speeches repeatedly interrupted.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>ABVP members questioned why Khalid\u2019s book was being discussed instead of works by other scholars on Adivasi communities. They also asked the speakers whether they considered Kashmir to be a part of India.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>The disruption continued till around 4.30 pm. Security personnel intervened when the situation became unruly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>There was no response from the JNU VC or registrar.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/after-jnu-cancels-venue-umar-khalid-book-discussion-held-outside-amid-abvp-protests\/articleshow\/133128265.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The discussion was centred on Khalid\u2019s book, Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power, based on his PhD thesis submitted at JNU\u2019s Centre for Historical Studies in 2018. 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