On Monday, the JNUSU accused the RSS-linked ABVP of vandalizing the portraits of Periyar, Bhagat Singh, Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Karl Marx, Jyotiba, and Savitribai Phule, along with many other icons on the university grounds. MK Stalin, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, denounced the attack on Tamil students allegedly executed by ABVP members and requested that the university's Vice Chancellor take action against the perpetrators and safeguard students from Tamil Nadu.