The college also posted a video of Dhruv Goyal apologizing to the students saying it (taking IDs to get them to attend the event) won’t happen again.Awhad said he would help students in every way if they are harassed by college authorities over this episode.”When students protest, revolution begins,” the NCP (SP) MLA added.Meanwhile, Chaturvedi called the college’s allegation against her laughable.In a statement, she said the college had organised an event on their campus ostensibly under the garb of ‘voter awareness campaign’ and had invited Dhruv Goyal, son of Union Minister Piyush Goyal who also happens to be the candidate from that constituency, to speak to the students.A voter awareness campaign cannot have the presence of only one candidate’s family member, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader pointed out.The students objected to being made to compulsorily attend the event so they shared a video on various social media handles, Chaturvedi said, adding it was widely reported in the media that their ID cards were taken away to ensure participation.”They (students) also mentioned they had an exam the next day, which clearly the host of the event is heard stating. I shared a video which was widely shared by media.However Thakur College has accused me of manipulating the video, which is laughable,” she said.Chaturvedi wrote to the college that the video she tweeted was from a news handle and not manipulated.”You have raised a serious charge against me and I can file a defamation (suit) against your institution,” she warned and sought an apology.
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