Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) considers the messages that have surfaced concerning Anas Khan, NSUI Vice-President at Delhi University’s Ramanujan College, extremely serious. The messages reveal attempts to lure female students with money and other incentives and arrange their association with NRI men under the pretext of NRI-sponsored events. The conversations also contain references to selecting female students based on their physical appearance and attractiveness. The college administration has suspended Anas Khan. Such activities, involving financial inducements to involve female students in questionable arrangements, raise serious concerns about possible organised networks linked to prostitution and human trafficking. ABVP demands a comprehensive investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to uncover the role of NRI contacts, financial transactions and any potential international network involved in the matter.
It is also noteworthy that last month, similar chats surfaced involving individuals associated with NSUI seeking to arrange boys for an event. The recurrence of such incidents raises serious questions about whether financial inducements and suspicious networks are operating behind NSUI’s programmes and events. In 2018, Fairoz Khan, the then National President of NSUI, faced sexual harassment charges from a woman office-bearer of the organisation, following which he resigned from his position. While Rahul Gandhi and the Congress leadership frequently speak about women’s rights and campaign against patriarchy, such incidents involving their student organisation raise serious questions about the credibility of their claims concerning women’s safety and dignity.
ABVP National General Secretary Dr. Virendra Singh Solanki said, “The Congress, which frequently speaks about women’s rights and equality, must first take responsibility for ensuring the dignity and safety of women within its own student organisation. Such serious incidents emerging from NSUI raise questions about its organisational conduct and accountability. In the present case, NSUI has claimed to have issued a backdated letter announcing the removal of the concerned office-bearer, whereas the individual’s social media status states that he resigned on personal grounds. This contradiction raises serious questions about the organisation’s functioning and transparency. Whether it is the removal of an entire executive committee or conflicting claims surrounding the resignation of an office-bearer facing serious charges, how long will the Congress continue to evade accountability? ABVP demands an NIA investigation into the entire matter to uncover all aspects of possible human trafficking, prostitution and links with NRI networks, and to ensure the strictest action against those found guilty.”