There was heavy police deployment at Jamia Millia Islamia ahead of an RSS-linked event at the university earlier this week. (Express Archive) The BJP on Thursday (April 30) threw its weight behind Mazhar Asif, the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), who is under fire over his purported remarks that all Indians share “Mahadev’s DNA”. As criticism of the purported statement continued to mount, Amit Malviya, head of the BJP’s IT department, posted on X that taking Asif’s statement literally was to miss its broader meaning. Such expressions should be seen as “civilisational metaphors” and not “laboratory” claims, he said. “They reflect a shared ancestry, cultural continuity, and a collective consciousness shaped over millennia,” Malviya posted. The controversy stems from a video clip of purported remarks made by Asif at a “Yuva Kumbh” organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations.…