gfiles magazine

August 22, 2019

Bric-a-brac : The neo-Lutyens elite


Young student leaders of the Akhil BharatiyaVidyathi Parishad (ABVP) that shares close ties with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were at the forefront of agitation against the imposition of Emergency. Long after Emergency ended, they continued to be perceived as a trenchant anti-establishment force as they took on the Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Left-supported student bodies like the Students Federation of India (SFI) and All India Students Federation (AISF) in university politics.


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