JNU anti-national deeds include Mahishasura worship, beef-eating: Police

Amongst other charges against students of Leftist organisations at JNU, the Delhi police have cited "beef eating" and "worship of Mahishasura" as evidence that they are involved in "anti-national" activities, reports The Telegraph.

These claims were made in a status report sent by the police to the home ministry on Monday about the activities by Leftist groups on 9 February when JNU Students Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar and others were arrested for sedition for making anti-national slogans.

In the report, the police said they had been watching these organisations since October and that far-Left associations such as the Democratic Students Union and the Democratic Students' Front had been indulging in anti-national activities, including worshipping "Mahishasura in place of Goddess Durga" and asking for beef in the hostel mess.

Far-Left parties and the right wing ABVP, the student arm of the RSS, had twice clashed over the issue of worshipping Mahishasura, the demon slain by Goddess Durga. The far

The far-Left groups observe October 24 as Mahishasura Day and say that the demon was a powerful ruler who led the working classes.