RSS-backed Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today held another edition of its 'Truth of JNU' awareness programme at Mumbai's Kalina University, which was briefly disrupted by members of the All India Students Federation (AISF).

'Truth of JNU' is a series of programmes planned by the ABVP in various academic campuses to mobilise its supporters against the alleged anti-national activities in JNU, where a controversial event in memory of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was held last month.

At the programme in Mumbai today, ABVP general secretary Lalit Pandey spoke about the slogans raised in JNU on February 9, which had led to the arrest of JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. The three were released on interim bail earlier this month.

It has also been alleged that the videos, on the basis of which the three students were arrested, were doctored. An inquiry into those videos is on.

As Pandey spoke at the Kalina University campus today, members of the Left-backed AISF also distributed pamphlets countering the ABVP allegations.

Security was beefed up at the Kalina campus and at least 50 policemen were deployed to prevent any clash between the two groups. After about 90 minutes of demonstration and sloganeering, the crowd dispersed.

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