The BJP’s student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has demanded the release of its activists who were arrested when they protested in front of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin’s residence seeking justice for Lavanya.
The ABVP has taken a vow to continue the fight for justice for Lavanya who was mistreated and tortured by church officials who ran the school where she was one of the top students.
When the protest broke out, the Tamil Nadu Police had arrested several ABVP functionaries, including its national secretary Nidhi Tripathi, for organising a protest without permission in front of the chief minister’s residence which has been deemed as a security breach.
The ABVP on Thursday (February 17) held a press conference in Delhi over the Lavanya case and demanded ‘the Tamil Nadu government release Tripathi and other activists who were arrested when they were holding a peaceful demonstration.
The case of Lavanya has caught national attention after it emerged that she was brutalised at the Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School and a nun who allegedly tried to coerce her to convert to Christianity that led to her consuming poison on January 19.
ABVP’s National Media Convenor Sidharth Yadav said, ‘The arrest of activists who were protesting in Tamil Nadu is completely wrong and against the rules, which we strongly criticize. We will continue our fight till Lavanya gets justice and if the government does not release our workers at the earliest, we will take to the streets of Delhi and block roads. We will take Lavanya’s voice to every student and will also gherao the house of DMK MPs in Delhi if needed. The Tamil Nadu government is oppressing the students by conspiring but we are ready to face them strongly,”.
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