A video of one Bhupendra Tomar aka Pinky Bhaiyya President of the Hindu Rashtra Dal has surfaced on social media where he is shown claiming responsibility for the JNU attack.
He calls JNU a "communist adda" and vows further attacks on those participating in what he thinks are anti-national activities.
"Such people live in our country, eat our food, and get educated in our institutions. Such activities will not be tolerated by us. If more anti-national activities take place in our country, they would receive the same answer they got last evening,” Tomar said in a two-minute video.
“We take responsibility for JNU violence, they were our workers. And those who can’t serve Mother India, they have no right to live here. We are ready to serve ‘Bharat Mata’ at any time and even sacrifice our lives for it. We will not spare those who speak against our religion,” he added.
A few days ago many students and teachers were severely injured in a direct confrontation between scores of masked goons and JNU students in Delhi. In videos circulating widely, masked goons wielding batons and rods can be seen entering hostels and engaging in vandalism. Left-leaning students of the University have claimed members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) behind the attacks. The latter obviously denied the claims. Those injured were rushed to AIIMS with many being admitted to the trauma centre and ICU for treatment. Aishe Ghosh, JNU students’ union president from the Students’ Federation of India, was brutally beaten up.