New Delhi: In the 80-odd years that Gautama the Buddha lived in this world, he studiously avoided power and politics. But as it turns out, a crash course in Buddhist studies is a must for practising politics these days, especially of the hooligan variety if the incidents of the past few days in Delhi University are anything to go by.
On an average day you might not find too many people milling around in Room No. 307 on the second floor of the extension building at North Campus's Faculty of Arts, DU, but don’t take the silence for granted.
Barring 2011, there has been at least one DUSU office bearer from the department since 2009. From 2013, there have been at least two. The ABVP candidates from the department who have gone on to become president are Jitender Chaudhary in 2010, Aman Awana in 2013, Mohit Nagar in 2014 and Satinder Awana in 2015.
Satinder Awana, DUSU president from 2015-16, has perhaps been one of the most controversial DUSU leaders in recent times. Last year, the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) had alleged that Awana had “manhandled” teachers for being “supporters of (then JNUSU president) Kanhaiya Kumar”. During the unrest in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) last year, Awana had threatened that he would enter JNU and “shoot” whoever shouts “anti-India” slogans.
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