Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia tense as groups clash during Diwali festivities; videos of sloganeering surface

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A ruckus broke out on the campus of the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi on Tuesday night during Diwali festivities, reported news agency PTI..

The disturbance took place when two groups clashed and police was deployed outside the Jamia campus on Tuesday after a rangoli event held in occasion of Diwali.e)..

A video of the incident shows a group of people purportedly chanting slogans in what appeared to be during Diwali celebrations on Jamia campus..

In other clips on social media, some students claimed that a group of people chanted Palestine Zindabad while disrupting Diwali celebrations..

The incident took place during the annual Diwali celebration programme conducted by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wind of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)..