Nearly ten years after the 2016 protests led by Kanhaiya Kumar pushed JNU into the national spotlight, students say the campus is confronting a very different movement now.
The former JNU research scholar has been in jail since September 2020. He has been ordered to surrender to Tihar Jail superintendent on the evening of 3 January.
To understand the depth of bias against India or the lack of understanding of ground reality in India, one only needs to examine the headlines from Western media covering the protests in colleges of both countries.
BJP has drilled into public consciousness that JNU is ‘anti-national’ and filled with ‘Afzal sympathisers’. The violence on campus hijacked headlines this time too.
While students have alleged that the attack was carried out by the ABVP, the RSS-linked student organisation has said its members were attacked by the Left.
JNU administration has issued a 66-page statement to justify its reasons for increasing hostel fee even as student protest against the decision continues.
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The meeting is significant because JNU students have alleged police atrocities during their protest, and Delhi Police is controlled by Amit Shah’s home ministry.
Empowered committee formed by govt meets JNU officials, is told university is trying to take other measures too to tackle the financial deficit of over Rs 12 cr.
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