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JNUSU alleges varsity admin have bought paramilitary on campus
New Delhi: Members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) on Monday said the administration has brought paramilitary personnel to the campus,
New Delhi: Members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) on Monday said the administration has brought paramilitary personnel to the campus, ahead of a protest against the new draft hostel manual. The police however said no security personnel were inside the campus.
“We have a march planned to the vice-chancellor’s house on Monday. So, the administration has tried yet another intimidation tactic. Even last night, we received a notice warning us against the scheduled protests,” said Saket Moon, vice-president, JNUSU. He added that paramilitary personnel were spotted near the university vice-chancellor’s house and near the west gate of the campus.
Police, however, denied that the personnel were inside the campus. “One company force comprising 80-90 paramilitary and local police personnel are deployed outside the campus. It is just a precautionary arrangement as we have got to know about a protest over fee hike on the campus. No police officer is inside the campus,” said Devender Arya, deputy commissioner of police (southwest).
Despite several attempts, JNU vice-chancellor Jagadesh Kumar, registrar Pramod Kumar and Rector 1 Chintamani Mahapatra did not respond to calls and messages requesting comment.
In the evening, students took out a protest march till Vasant Vihar police station and filed a complaint saying the vice-chancellor is missing. “We have no other option, because the VC is not meeting us," said JNUSU general secretary Satish Yadav.
For the past few weeks, the administration and students have been at loggerheads over various issues including hostel fee hike, proposed curfew timings as per new hostel manual, limiting entry timings to the Parthasarathy rocks (PSR) — a popular hangout spot on campus.
On Friday, Kumar had tweeted, “Rumours are being spread by some motivated students about new hostel manual recently approved by Inter Hall Administration (IHA) committee.” Kumar also said the rules on curfew timing and appropriate dress code were present in the old manual as well.
