'Organised attack by goons of RSS and ABVP': Aishe Ghosh on JNU violence
Protests, mostly by students, continue across the country on Monday, a day after the Jawaharlal Nehru University witnessed violence by masked men.
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'Highly condemnable and shameful': Mayawati on JNU violence
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Will soon register FIR in JNU violence case: Delhi Police
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JNU teachers' association calls press conference on Monday afternoon
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JNUSU accuses V-C of 'perpetuating violence'; calls for his removal
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Protest in Raipur against violence in JNU
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Students protest at Gateway of India in Mumbai
Students across the country on Monday continued to protest against the violence on Jawaharlal Nehru University campus a day earlier in which masked men with sticks, rods and hammers attacked students and teachers and damaged property.
At least 23 students and teachers, injured in the violence, were admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences that began around 6pm after a demonstration against hike in hostel and academic fees. Aishe Ghosh, president of JNU Students Union, was seen bleeding from her head in a video and was heard saying, “I was brutally attacked. I am bleeding and not in a condition to talk.”
The Left-controlled JNUSU and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have blamed each other for the violence that continued for nearly two hours.
The violence prompted the varsity administration to call in police which conducted a flag march.
Here are the live updates:
'Highly condemnable and shameful': Mayawati on JNU violence
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has called violence in JNU 'highly condemnable and shameful'. She said this in a tweet on Monday morning.
JNU में छात्रों व शिक्षकों के साथ हुई हिंसा अति-निन्दनीय व शर्मनाक। केन्द्र सरकार को इस घटना को अति-गम्भीरता से लेना चाहिये। साथ ही इस घटना की न्यायिक जाँच हो जाये तो यह बेहतर होगा।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) 6 January 2020
Will soon register FIR in JNU violence case: Delhi Police
Delhi Police say they have received multiple complaints in connection with Sunday's violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University and will soon register FIR , reports ANI.
JNU teachers' association calls press conference on Monday afternoon
The JNU teachers' association (JNUTA) has also called for a press conference on Monday afternoon at the university campus.
JNUSU accuses V-C of 'perpetuating violence'; calls for his removal
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) calls for removal of vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, accusing him of "perpetuating" the violence.
"M Jagadesh Kumar is behaving like a mobster who perpetuates violence in the university he is supposed to administer. He uses all means and manner to see to it that students, teachers, karamcharis and the entire JNU community faces violence by criminals imported from outside using iron rods, stones and lathis," JNUSU said.
Protest in Raipur against violence in JNU
A protest took place in Raipur, Chhattisgarh at around midnight. About 300 people protested against the violence in JNU .
Students protest at Gateway of India in Mumbai
Students continued to protest outside Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday morning against Sunday's violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University. Earlier, as the protest began on Sunday midnight, a group of students held a candlelight vigil to show solidarity with the JNU students.
First published: Jan 06, 2020 08:01 IST