Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 7: BJP senior leader and former Health Minister Bali Bhagat on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on a group of students over the raising of objectionable and abusive slogans against Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister, Amit Shah at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), terming the incident a direct assault on the authority of the nation and its democratic institutions.
Bali Bhagat said JNU has once again exposed itself as a laboratory of anti-India politics, where a small but loud group believes it can insult the country’s leadership with impunity. “This is not dissent, not debate, not freedom of expression – this is deliberate provocation, institutional insult and ideological sabotage,” he said.
The former Minister said slogans targeting the Prime Minister and Home Minister amount to mocking the will of 140 crore Indians and reflect the arrogance of a radical ecosystem that rejects democracy when outcomes don’t suit it. “These people cannot digest India’s rise under Modi Ji and Amit Shah . So they resort to abuse, chaos and street-level anarchy,” Bhagat asserted.
Bali Bhagat demanded exemplary punishment, saying mild action would only encourage repeat offences. He backed FIRs, expulsions, permanent bans and strict legal consequences against those involved. “Campuses are not war zones. Universities are not platforms for anti-national theatrics. Enough is enough,” he warned.
Launching a direct attack on opposition parties, Bhagat said their silence proves complicity. “Those who shed crocodile tears over democracy are quiet cheerleaders of disorder. They cannot distance themselves from this poison,” he said, accusing them of using students as political tools.
Bhagat made it clear that the BJP will defend freedom of speech but crush abuse masquerading as protest. “India is a constitutional democracy, not a slogan-shouting free-for-all. The nation will not be held hostage by a handful of anarchists sitting in elite campuses,” he said.
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