In the visuals, students can be seen raising slogans against Professor Ravikant Chandan.

Lucknow:

An associate professor of Hindi at Lucknow University was on Tuesday misbehaved with members of BJP's student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) over a comment in a debate on the Kashi Vishwanath Temple-Gyanvapi Masjid dispute issue.

The debate was organized on social media platforms.

In the visuals of the university, students can be seen raising slogans against Professor Ravikant Chandan and demanding action against him for his remarks. 

In a video shared on social media, students can purportedly be seen chanting the controversial slogan, "Desh ke gaddaro ko, goli maaro ****ko".

During the debate, Ravikant quoted a story from Andhra Pradesh's freedom fighter and politician Pattabhi Sitaramayya's book "Feathers and Stones" and told why the Kashi Vishwanath temple of Varanasi was demolished by the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb.   

During a protest at Lucknow University, an ABVP student leader said, "He (Ravikant) has a leftist mindset and it is a disease. He used his post to comment on Hindu traditions. He spoke about Kashi Vishwanath temple yesterday. Commented. What kind of mentality is this which is trying to divide the society."

Another ABVP leader Pranav Kant Singh said that we want the professor to be removed. The Lucknow Police and the university administration intervened and separated the protesters and the professor.

Later the officials also spoke to the professor and the students of ABVP.

On the other hand, Ravi Kant alleged in a video statement that his voice is being suppressed because he is a Dalit.

He said, 'I had given a statement citing a story from the book that how the mosque was built in Varanasi.

That statement and the reference to the book were edited and a clip was shared to show that I am hurting Hindu sentiments.

I had no such intention.

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