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Students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) boycotted classes on the first day of the new session, demanding resignation of vice chancellor (VC) Jagadesh Kumar. The teachers’ body said that his attempts to create a fiction of ‘normalcy’ in the University that wishes away the real climate of fear was not acceptable. The administration on the other hand claimed that a huge number of students were enrolling for the next semester and appealed to the teachers and students to refrain from any activity that would hinder the conductive atmosphere in the functioning of the university.

Updated on: Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM IST

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An inside view of a classroom at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on January 13. Students and teachers of JNU boycotted classes on Monday, the first day of the new session, demanding resignation of vice chancellor (V-C) M Jagadesh Kumar. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM

An inside view of a classroom at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on January 13. Students and teachers of JNU boycotted classes on Monday, the first day of the new session, demanding resignation of vice chancellor (V-C) M Jagadesh Kumar. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Few students are seen outside the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, at JNU campus. The JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) said they would not cooperate with the V-C’s appeal to bring “normalcy” in the campus after the January 5 violence as long as there was a “climate of fear” on the campus. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM

Few students are seen outside the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, at JNU campus. The JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) said they would not cooperate with the V-C’s appeal to bring “normalcy” in the campus after the January 5 violence as long as there was a “climate of fear” on the campus. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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“We will not become a party to his attempts to create a fiction of ‘normalcy’ in the University that wishes away the real climate of fear and terror he has created,” the teachers’ body said. The JNU administration issued advisory warning teachers against the boycott. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM

“We will not become a party to his attempts to create a fiction of ‘normalcy’ in the University that wishes away the real climate of fear and terror he has created,” the teachers’ body said. The JNU administration issued advisory warning teachers against the boycott. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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“The call for ‘non-cooperation’ not only goes against the efforts of the administration for restoration of normalcy in the campus and resumption of academic activities but also reflects the intention of JNUTA to disrupt normal functioning of the university. It also violates the service contacts of the teachers,” JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar said. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM

“The call for ‘non-cooperation’ not only goes against the efforts of the administration for restoration of normalcy in the campus and resumption of academic activities but also reflects the intention of JNUTA to disrupt normal functioning of the university. It also violates the service contacts of the teachers,” JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar said. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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An inside view of the teaching block. JNUTA members also met the officials at the HRD ministry on Friday afternoon. “We placed our perspective on why the removal of the VC is imperative. JNUTA presented a dossier on the misgovernance under Professor M Jagadesh Kumar’s Vice-Chancellorship and explained how the incidents of January 5, 2020, are the culmination of the long history of such misgovernance,” said JNUTA president DK Lobiyal. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM

An inside view of the teaching block. JNUTA members also met the officials at the HRD ministry on Friday afternoon. “We placed our perspective on why the removal of the VC is imperative. JNUTA presented a dossier on the misgovernance under Professor M Jagadesh Kumar’s Vice-Chancellorship and explained how the incidents of January 5, 2020, are the culmination of the long history of such misgovernance,” said JNUTA president DK Lobiyal. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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The JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) also reiterated that it will not call off the registration boycott without a rollback of the hiked hostel fee. JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh further added that they had asked the administration on Saturday to allow them to register without paying the hostel fee and resume classes. But the proposal was turned down by the administration. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM

The JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) also reiterated that it will not call off the registration boycott without a rollback of the hiked hostel fee. JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh further added that they had asked the administration on Saturday to allow them to register without paying the hostel fee and resume classes. But the proposal was turned down by the administration. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Later, on Monday evening, the administration issued another statement stating that more than 5000 students had already registered for the semester and the Deans of all the schools and chairpersons of the special centres, appealed to all the students and teachers to refrain from any activity that would hinder the conductive atmosphere in the functioning of the university. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

Updated on Jan 14, 2020 5:08 PM

Later, on Monday evening, the administration issued another statement stating that more than 5000 students had already registered for the semester and the Deans of all the schools and chairpersons of the special centres, appealed to all the students and teachers to refrain from any activity that would hinder the conductive atmosphere in the functioning of the university. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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