Varanasi roadshow: AAP leader Gul Panag, VJ Raghu chased away by group of BHU students

Varanasi: AAP leader Gul Panag and MTV VJRaghu of Roadies fame were on Friday allegedly manhandled inside the Banaras Hindu University campus here after a scuffle broke out between Aam Aadmi Party supporters and a group of students allegedly belonging to BJP's student wing ABVP.

Things heated up during an interaction with #BHU students. Got away before things escalated. @tweetfromraghu WAS attacked.Is now safe.

— Gul Panag (@GulPanag) May 9, 2014

Panag and Raghu were safe, but were chased away by a group of students when then went to campaign inside the BHU campus, party leaders said.

"They have attempted to attack her, but could not succeed. A group of BHU students chased them away, She is fine," an AAP spokesperson told PTI, while adding that those students were probably BJP supporters.

Soon after the incident, Ragu tweeted, "Oh well I just got attacked by two guys with lathis inside the BHU. They were outsiders, BHU boys chased them away".

Oh well. I just got attacked by 2 guys with lathis inside BHU! They were outsiders. The BHU boys chased them away. #BJPKeGunde

— raghu ram (@tweetfromRaghu) May 9, 2014

"Have things come to this in Varanasi that visitors are unwelcome.I refuse to believe it," he said in another tweet.

AAP workers have been alleging that BJP supporters have been attacking them. Panag and Raghu were scheduled to join AAP leader and Varanasi candidate Arvind Kejriwal for his roadshow later on Friday at the BHU gate.

Panag is AAP candidate from Chandigarh, where polling has already taken place, and has come here for campaigning in Varanasi where voting will take place on May 12. The campaign ends here on Saturday.

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