We were also told that there was no balance in our panel and all our speakers had the ‘same bent of mind’. She added that the students’ union had run a smear campaign against the prospective speakers. SRCC Students’ Union secretary Shaurya Gupta told The Telegraph: “There are five to six speakers. We gave a letter to the principal that there may be a possibility of violence if this event happens.”Being “a Leftist” is not illegal in India. Debbarma told this newspaper: “We were not there to lambast Mr Narendra Modi and Mr Amit Shah.

Source: The Telegraph January 23, 2020 21:33 UTC