ABVP students disrupt press meet at RU

Jaipur, Aug 10 (UNI) A group of students belonging to Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP) tried to disrupt a press conference here today called by a number of rights organisations to demand the dismissal of the state social welfare minister over the Emmanuel issue.

The students, numbering more than 60 shouted slogans and said the Rajasthan University (RU) guest house - the venue for the press conference - should not be used to hold such events The students had heated exchanges with a number of mediapersons who said the students should talk to the Vice Chancellor if they had any grievances.

Prakash Chaturvedi, a syndicate member of RU and part of the organisation which organised the press meet, said that RU was not the personal property of ABVP. ''It is a social property and students should not have behaved in such a manner,'' he said.

The students, however, left after they were pacified by the members of the press and the organising party.

The press conference was being held to demand the dismissal of social welfare minister Madan Dilawar, who is said to have targeted the Kota-based Emmanuel Mission International (EMI) over personal enmity.'' UNI RRT VD VC1910