A group of students affiliated to the Students' Federation of India (SFI) has called for a protest at DU's Hansraj College against the "discontinuation" of non-vegetarian food at the institution and alleged attempts at "saffronising the campus". The Hansraj College unit of the SFI said in a statement that an uproar is building inside the college campus against the "ban" on non-vegetarian food and the protest will be held outside the Hansraj Hostel on January 20.

The students said Hansraj College stopped serving non-vegetarian food at its canteen and hostel after it reopened following the pandemic in February last year. There has, however, been no official order on this. The SFI claimed that there have also been instances where the Hansraj administration confiscated eggs from students who brought it to the hostel.