Tension escalated at Rajasthan University here on Friday (April 3, 2026) as the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) members clashed with the police during their protest against a disputed event linked to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh organised on the campus. Police detained over a dozen students and took them away.
The student wing of the Opposition Congress took exception to a programme being organised by Marudhara Nari Sashaktikaran Sangathan at the humanities auditorium on the university campus, saying it was meant to promote the RSS ideology on the pretext of deliberating on women’s empowerment.
Senior RSS pracharak Ram Lal was scheduled to deliver keynote address at the seminar. The NSUI activists staged a massive protest, saying the university should provide space for education and critical thinking rather than offering a platform for “political propaganda” to the organisations like the RSS.
The protesters assembled at the university’s entrance gate and climbed on the barricades set up by the police, while raising slogans amid scuffles with the policemen. Heavy security forces, including riot control vehicles, were deployed on the spot, and the police personnel used mild force to disperse the NSUI workers.
