'Organised attack by goons of RSS and ABVP': Aishe Ghosh on JNU violence

"I appeal to all student bodies and groups that peace should be maintained in the campus. Opposition should also think before speaking on such sensitive matters, allegations and counter allegations will not solve the issue," said Minister of State, HRD, Sanjay Dhotre.

JNU VC instrumental in systematically undermining, dismantling university, permitted rampage to go on for hours; should be sacked: Communist Party of India (Marxist).

P Chidambaram describes JNU violence as descent into fascism, says he is sure there were intelligence inputs on Sunday's attacks. : PTI

This incident is perhaps the most clinching evidence that we are rapidly descending into anarchy. It has taken place in the National Capital in India’s foremost University under the watch of the central government, the Home Minister, the LG and the Commissioner of Police. This is the gravest act of impunity that we have seen in recent times. Nothing can be more shocking and shameful.

Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram has said Delhi Police commissioner must be held accountable for attacks on JNU students, reports PTI.

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that students are feeling unsafe in the country, reports news agency PTI.

Speaking on Sunday evening's violence in JNU campus, Thackeray called the attackers 'cowards'. He said, " Masked attackers at JNU are cowards, their identity should be revealed.

Students in Maharashtra are safe, (we) won't tolerate any move to hurt them."

The chief minister said the JNU incident reminded him of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has hit out at the Modi government over the violence in JNU campus. “The voice of India’s youth and students is being muzzled everyday. The horrifying and unprecedented violence unleashed on India’s young by goons with active abetment of the ruling Modi government is deplorable and unacceptable," she said in a statement.

She added, "Yesterday’s bone chilling attack on students and teachers in JNU, Delhi is a grim reminder of the extent the government will go to stifle and subjugate every voice of dissent.

Students and youth need affordable education, a deserving job, a promising future and a right to participate in our thriving democracy. Sadly, Modi Govt seeks to suffocate and restrain each one of these aspirations."

Sonia Gandhi said the Congress Party stands in solidarity with India's youth and students.

Akhilesh Yadav adds, "Country and the world saw how masked attackers entered JNU campus in Delhi and wreaked havoc in a planned manner. Fair investigation is needed because we should know who was main conspirator behind this."

He also accused BJP of wanting to ruin the JNU--an institution of global repute.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has condemned the violence in JNU campus. Addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Monday, he said, "people of a particular ideology want JNU to have only that ideology. ABVP people have not been able to make inroads in JNU. I am happy that the JNU did not let itself be coloured in one colour."

Students staged protest near administrative building of Ranchi University on Monday morning. They also showed placards against the Citizen (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC).

The protest was organised by All India Students Federation (AISF). Lokesh Anand, AISF Jharkhand secretary, said the brutal attack on students and teachers was an act to terrify students across the country who are raising voice against Centre's anti-people policy.

Different students organisations such as AISF, National Students Union of India (NSUI), Jharkhand Chatra Morcha (JCM), All India Students Association (AISA) and Muslim Students Federation (NSF) have jointly called a protest rally at Ranchi's Albert Ekka Chowk in the evening.

"JNU students, professors subjected to cowardly, planned attack, " says NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

The Bengal CM added, "Delhi's Police is not under Arvind Kejriwal; rather it is under central government. On one side they have sent the BJP goons and on the other side, they made the police inactive. What can police do if they are directed by higher authority. This is a fascist surgical strike."

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has described the violence in JNU as "attack on democracy", reports ANI.

"It is very disturbing, it is a dangerous planted attack on democracy. Anyone who speaks against them is labelled a Pakistani and an enemy of the country. We never saw such a situation in the country before this," she said.

Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal has issued a notice to Delhi Police in connection with the violence at JNU the day before, reports PTI.

In the notice, Maliwal sought details of the FIR registered in the case and reasons for not responding to violence immediately.

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has condemned the violence in JNU on Sunday evening. Speaking with news agency ANI, Owaisi said, " I condemn this violence. There is no doubt these people were given the green signal by the powers that be. They had covered their faces in a cowardly way and were allowed to enter JNU with rods&sticks. Worst is there is a video which shows police allowed them safe passage."