Amid raging row at over an event in the JNU campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, in which allegedly some anti-India slogans were raised, JNU Vice-Chancellor M.
Amid raging row at over an event in the JNU campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, in which allegedly some anti-India slogans were raised, JNU Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar on Wednesday appealed all political parties against interfering in the matter and said the varsity is capable of dealing with such issues internally.
V-C Prof. Kumar said the university can deal with these issues internally and further condemned the attack on students and teachers at the Patiala House Court complex, saying, “It was brought to our notice that some of the teachers were manhandled. The university condemns the alleged attack on them and is of the view that the law should be allowed to take its course.”
When asked about reports regarding the hacking of the JNU website, the V-C said the university is looking into the matter. “I have also been told that the website of the university has been hacked. We are investigating the matter,” he said. He said a high-level JNU committee is investigating the February 9 incident in which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised the eight students were debarred from the university.
Amid criticism over the V-C’s contradictory statements on the alleged police crackdown inside the campus, JNU registrar Bhupinder Zutshi said there has been no contradictory stand on the police permission. “We never called the police, we just cooperated with it. The permission granted to them to enter was not an anti-student move,” he said.
JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested last week in connection with a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy registered over holding of the event at the varsity during which anti-India slogans were alleged to have been raised. His arrest has triggered widespread outrage among students and teachers and drawn severe criticism from non-BJP political parties.
