Senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan had to be escorted out by police on Wednesday from the Allahabad University campus, after he was held hostage by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the right wing Bharatiya Janata Party, whose members alleged that the former Hindu editor was of a "communal mindset". Varadarajan had arrived at the AU for a seminar on ‘Democracy, media and freedom of expression’ organised by the Allahabad University Students’ Union (AUSU) chief Richa Singh, reported the Indian Express. The ABVP leaders had been on a hunger strike ever since Varadarajan had accepted the invite. The ABVP had allegedly planned to ink the face of Varadarajan and throw eggs at him and Singh but ditched their plans at the last minute, said ABVP leader Vikrant Singh. “A physical attack would have given them more publicity. We gheroed the V-C’s office,” Singh told the Express. The university administration eventually caved to ABVP and cancelled p...