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Cong slams ABVP for alleged harassment and violence on campuses; calls for ban

New Delhi, Oct 17 (UNI) The Congress today launched a sharp attack on the BJP-supported Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), alleging that the student body was involved in incidents of sexual harassment, abuse and violence in educational campuses, including the recent one at South Asian University.
While citing a series of incidents, All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba, along with NSUI National president Varun Choudhary, demanded that ABVP be banned from all universities and high schools across the country.
Referring to an incident in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, Lamba condemned the alleged filming of female students while they were changing clothes inside a government college.
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