The Congress on Friday (October 17, 2025) demanded a nationwide ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), across universities and schools, citing its involvement in multiple incidents of misconduct and violence.
All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba condemned the alleged incident in a government college in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, where three ABVP students were arrested for secretly filming girls while they were changing. “Those shouting ‘Beti Bachao’ are the ones filming their daughters,” Ms. Lamba said, accusing the BJP-backed ABVP of hypocrisy and moral decay.
She also referred to a 2023 Karnataka case in which an ABVP student leader was accused of making obscene videos of female students.
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Referring to an alleged rape at Delhi’s South Asian University (SAU) of a first year B.Tech. student by four people including a security guard, Ms Lamba said, “We tell the Prime Minister and Home Minister that such acts will not be tolerated. No amount of cover-up will protect the accused — we will fight this battle at every level.”
