Bengaluru, Feb. 25 -- Karnataka BJP state president BY Vijayendra on Wednesday backed the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members for "protesting" at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru over alleged "anti-national" elements.

However, the University has maintained that it did not permit any such event on the campus, and no "anti-national" event took place eventually.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Vijayendra said, "When people carried out anti-India slogans and Pakistan zindabad in Vidhan Soudha, they were let free. Any university, for that matter, should not give scope for Anti-national elements. Yesterday, when such things were carried out its right on ABVP's part to protest. State government should take action against t...