Universities can't be hate labs: JNU to act against students for anti-Modi chants
Post denial of bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam by Supreme Court
Slogans raised -- "Modi, Shah ki Qabar khudegi JNU key Dharti par"
According to JNU’s complaint to the police; a group of 30-35 students began chanting provocative slogans soon after the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were rejected.
It added that the slogans raised by the students amounted to direct contempt of the Supreme Court.
"Universities are centres for innovation and new ideas, and they cannot be permitted to be converted into laboratories of hate. Freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental right."
The JNU administration further warned students that it would not tolerate any "form of violence, unlawful conduct or anti-national activity."
The noted university said that, depending on the gravity of the offence, those involved would face immediate suspension, expulsion, or permanent debarment from the varsity.
On Jan 5, 2020; at least 28 people, including JNU Students' Union leader Aishe Ghosh were injured as chaos reigned in the campus.
The capital's well known Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was embroiled again in a major controversy on Tuesday, with videos going viral of students chanting incendiary remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
The administration on Tuesday condemned the action and announced that the "strictest action (will be taken) against students found raising objectionable slogans."
The JNU administration further warned students that it would not tolerate any "form of violence, unlawful conduct or anti-national activity."
"But any form of violence, unlawful conduct or anti-national activity will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
Students involved in this incident will also face disciplinary measures, including immediate suspension, expulsion and permanent debarment from the University," the University stated.
Dismissing the allegations and denying that it was any form of protest, JNUSU president Aditi Mishra, who was also present at the event, told India Today TV, "All of the slogans raised were ideological and did not attack anyone personally."
However, when asked whether she found the slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah objectionable, Mishra said,
"The PM and the Home Minister are responsible for so many killings during 2002. Who can touch them?
But we have the conviction that the fascist ideology they represent should end in this country."
The latest development is similar to another incident of sloganeering inside the JNU campus a decade ago, when anti-national slogans were allegedly raised following the execution of terrorist Afzal Guru, in the presence of then JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, who were later arrested on sedition charges.
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