Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture at Xavier's College Canceled Amid ABVP Protest

Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture at Xavier's College canceled amid ABVP protest

The St Xavier’s College in Mumbai canceled its annual Stan Swamy Memorial lecture on August 5 due to protests by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS). The ABVP’s Mumbai unit said that one of its members submitted a representation to the principal demanding “immediate cancelation of the lecture.” “ABVP firmly believes that organising a lecture in memory of a person accused in the Elg…

St. Xavier’s College Mumbai drops Stan Swamy lecture after ABVP opposition

ABVP’s Mumbai unit urged St. Xavier’s College to cancel the Stan Swamy lecture, saying honoring an accused in the Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case under UAPA amounted to “glorifying urban Naxalism on campus”