Right or Left? JNU campus issue triggers protests

A group of protesters shout slogans outside Delhi’s JNU where students last week allegedly commemorated the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on: Feb 16, 2016 11:55 AM IST

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A group of protesters shout slogans outside Delhi’s JNU where students last week allegedly commemorated the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

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Lawyers inside the Patiala House Court premises allegedly thrashed protesters and journalists on Monday afternoon who had gone to attend the bail hearing of JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on charges of sedition for the Afzal Guru event. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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The lawyers allegedly manhandled students and journalists at the Patiala House Court and shouted pro-India and anti-JNU slogans. They also assaulted the pro-JNU protesters in the court premises during the hearing on Monday. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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Many journalists were not allowed inside the court premises during the bail hearing of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Monday afternoon. The lawyers at the court also got into a scuffle with pro-JNU protesters. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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Students of Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla hold posters and shout slogans against the arrests made from the JNU campus after the alleged anti-India event held on February 9. (AFP)

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The walls in JNU campus have turned into canvases with various student organizations drawing graffiti to convey their side. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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Supporters of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) carry placards shouting slogans against the alleged anti-india activities in front of JNU campus main gate in New Delhi on Monday. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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The placards had expressions condemning the alleged anti-India activities in the JNU campus. Some protesters also demanded action against the Leftist students at JNU campus. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

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BJP activists in Mumbai staged a protest against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar arrested on February 12 for alleged seditious behaviour at the Afzal Guru event in the JNU campus. (AFP)

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In Kolkata, leaders and supporters of Left parties and Congress during a protest march against the arrest of Kumar on Monday. (AP)

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Activist of All India Students’ Association (AISA) shouting slogans in front of computer science department as they asked closing down the departments of JNU in New Delhi. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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In Assam, activists of BJP burn an effigy of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday who showed his support to the JNUSU over the Afzal Guru event . (PTI)

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The debate over the Afzal Guru event in JNU and then the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar has divided the nation into sides. While the right wing-affiliated groups claim the event as anti-national and seditious, the arrests of the students has drawn criticism of the Left thinkers who have said the Centre is oppressing the views and curbing the freedom of expression in the country. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)