Photos: JNU student protest continues, demand rollback of entire fee hike

On Monday night, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) shared a memorandum that it was supposed to submit to law makers in Parliament as an appeal from the varsity students. In the memorandum, the students have demanded the Inter-Hall Administration (IHA) meeting be reconvened with JNUSU’s participation, a new hostel draft manual be prepared with consultation of students and for a roll back the entire fee hike. ...read more

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Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) march towards Parliament during a protest against fee hike. Around 100 JNU students, including students’ union president, were detained and some were injured when police allegedly baton-charged protestors who were marching towards Parliament on the first day of Winter Session demanding a total rollback of the hostel fee hike. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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JNU students during a protest against fee hike, near JNU Campus. The police released around 100 students who were detained during the day, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Monday night shared a memorandum that it was supposed to submit to law makers in Parliament as an appeal from the varsity students. “The students of JNU cannot survive with the present structure of fees that are sought to be pushed down their throat. We urge you to consider our plight and endorse our demands,” the JNUSU appealed in the memorandum. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Police lathi charge students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) during a protest against fee hike, at Safdarjung. Some teachers were also injured. Police officials said the crowd was blocking the routes for ambulances of AIIMS and Safdarjung hospital, but denied all allegations of lathicharge. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Rapid Action stand vigil as students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)protest against fee hike, at Safdarjung. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) march towards Parliament of India during a protest against fee hike. In the memorandum, the students have demanded the Inter-Hall Administration (IHA) meeting be reconvened with JNUSU’s participation, a new hostel draft manual be prepared with consultation of students and for a roll back the entire fee hike. The JNUSU also targeted the varsity’s administration for not conducting a proper dialogue with the students on the fee hike issue. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Traffic jams were reported from many roads in south Delhi on Monday as the traffic police imposed restrictions to facilitate the march of protesting JNU students. Metro commuters in central Delhi were also inconvenienced with the DMRC closing entry and exit at four metro stations near Parliament so that agitating students couldn’t reach Lutyens’ Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)