Taking offence to the contents of a street play performed by SGBT Khalsa College, the Delhi University Students"™ Union (DUSU) " led by right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) " has called for a ban on the college theatre group for the play"™s alleged"anti-Hindu" tone. The development has forced the theatre group to pull back from two performances this week.
In a letter to the SGBT Khalsa Principal, DUSU joint secretary Ashutosh Mathur alleged that the college dramatics society, Ankur, had presented"a fake drama on Hindu and Hinduism".
"Ankur Society" of SGBT Khalsa College is performing a play which is anti-Hindu and giving a wrong message to society. You are requested to take strong action against the society and ban it with immediate effect," the letter stated.
Called Welcome to the Machine, the play investigates the occurrence of communal riots. Guneet Singh Nanda, a third year student who has directed the play, said it shows that riots are state-sponsored programmes carried out to polarise votes.