JNUSU blames VC for campus violence, says he’s behaving like a ‘mobster’

It also alleged that outsiders were brought in with lathis and rods to “perpetrate violence”.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union on Monday accused the vice-chancellor of “perpetrating violence” in the university. Accusing Vice-Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar of behaving like a “mobster”, the JNUSU said he used all means to ensure that students and teachers faced “violence”.

It also alleged that outsiders were brought in with lathis and rods to “perpetrate violence”. “This Vice Chancellor is a cowardly vice-chancellor who introduces illegal policies through the backdoor, runs away from questions of students or teachers and then manufactures a situation to demonise JNU,” the JNUSU charged.

For nearly 70 days now, students of JNU have been on a strike against a hostel fee hike. “The violence that happened is the result of the desperation and frustration of the VC and his cronies. “But the chronology of events that unfolded today is a shameful episode for the Delhi Police who gave a safe passage to ABVP goons imported from outside,” the JNUSU alleged. It demanded that the vice-chancellor tender his resignation or be removed by the HRD Ministry.

JNU violence: Masked men enter campus, attack students, teachers in hostels

According to the sources, the clash took place during a public meeting organised by the JNU Teachers’ Association

Viciousness broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday night as conceal men equipped with sticks assaulted understudies and educators and harmed property on the grounds, inciting the organization to bring in police which directed a banner walk. At any rate 18 individuals, including JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh, were harmed and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as disarray ruled on the grounds for about two hours.

The savagery drew solid responses from resistance groups which hit out at the BJP and blamed “people with significant influence” of attempting to abandon the voice of understudies. Senior Union priests and JNU Students graduated class S Jaishankar and Nirmala Sitharaman quickly censured the episode. Sitharaman affirmed that the administration needs colleges to be protected spaces for all understudies. The Home and HRD services looked for reports from Delhi Police and JNU organization, individually. Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the Delhi Police boss and enquired about the circumstance at JNU.

Sources said the viciousness began at around 5 PM. The JNU organization said “conceal lowlifes outfitted with sticks were meandering near, harming property and assaulting individuals” and that police had been brought in to keep up peace. The understudies claimed that the assailants entered inns and attacked understudies and instructors. Video film disclosed by some TV channels indicated a gathering of men, who were displaying hockey sticks, moving around a structure…