'Go Back RSS', SFI opposes RSS centenary event at Jamia Millia Islamia
Students at Jamia Millia Islamia protested against the RSS Yuva Kumbh event marking 100 years of the RSS on campus.
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On Tuesday, 28th April, 2026, the Students' Federation of India (SFI) unit of Jamia Millia Islamia demanded a strong withdrawal of permission for the programme celebrating the 100th anniversary of RSS. The SFI protested on the JMI campus in New Delhi, claiming that the function is a "direct provocation and an affront to minority students' dignity and safety".
"SFI JMI Unit, strongly and unequivocally condemns the administration for permitting and facilitating the RSS-affiliated organisation Yuva to hold a programme on our campus to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the RSS," the organisation said in a statement.
"SFI JMI Unit, strongly and unequivocally condemns the administration for permitting and facilitating the RSS-affiliated organisation Yuva to hold a programme on our campus to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the RSS," the organisation said in a statement.
The event by RSS was scheduled on 28th April. However, massive protests erupted on the campus, with students raising slogans like 'Go back RSS, Go back RSS'. As per the reports, the protests were organized by SFI in the name of All India Students' Association (AISA), which said that RSS would never have a place in Jamia.
The AISA also stated that RSS had no role to play in India's freedom movement and that it openly collaborated with the British at that time. "RSS, which took no role in the freedom movement and even collaborated openly with the British colonisers, is today distributing the card of nationalism only to consolidate its power," added AISA in the statement.
The programme was reportedly organised within the university as part of "Yuva Kumbh", a series of events marking 100 years of the RSS. Following the protest, a heavy police force was stationed outside the university's campus.
According to Yuva Kumbh's official social media page, it unites youth to learn, lead, and serve, celebrating 100 years of nation-first thought and RSS's century of service.
SFI demanded the immediate withdrawal of permission for the event, a formal explanation from the administration on why permission was given, and an assurance that no 'communal' and 'divisive' organisations will be given space on the university campus in the future. No immediate response was available on the issue from the JMI administration.
The development comes amid a history of politically charged student mobilisation at Jamia, where repeated protests over contentious issues in recent years have reinforced the campus’s position as a major centre of student activism in the national capital.