New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is once then embroiled in controversy. The university wardship has taken a strong stance without videos tangibly showing students chanting offensive slogans versus Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah went viral.
What is the JNU statement?
The JNU wardship has made it well-spoken that the campus cannot be unliable to wilt a "laboratory of hatred" and that strict whoopee will be taken versus students found guilty. In a statement released on its official social media handles, the JNU wardship said that universities are centers of ideas and innovation, not platforms for spreading hatred. The wardship moreover clarified that self-rule of expression is a fundamental right, but violence, illegal activity, or anti-national self-mastery will not be tolerated in its name.
According to the university administration, students involved in the incident could squatter deportment ranging from suspension and expulsion to permanent removal from the university, depending on the severity of the offense.
“The Jawaharlal Nehru University wardship has vowed the strictest whoopee versus students found raising objectionable slogans versus Hon’ble Prime Minister and Hon’ble Home Minister. An FIR has once been lodged in the matter," the university said in a statement.
"Students involved in this incident will moreover squatter disciplinary measures including firsthand suspension, expulsion and permanent debarment from the University," the statement added.
How many students are named in the FIR?
The JNU wardship has moreover filed a complaint with the police regarding the matter. According to the complaint, 30 to 35 students tangibly chanted provocative slogans without the ladle applications of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were rejected, which is stuff considered a contempt of court. No FIR has been registered in this specimen yet.
What do the JNU students say?
However, rejecting these allegations, JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) President Aditi Mishra said that the slogans were ideological and not a personal wade on any individual.
When asked if she found the slogans versus Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah offensive, Mishra said, "The Prime Minister and Home Minister are responsible for so many killings that happened in 2002. Who can touch them? But we firmly believe that the fascist ideology they represent must end in this country."
This is not the first time that JNU has been embroiled in controversy over slogans. Previously, a major political and legal controversy arose over so-called anti-national slogans without the execution of Afzal Guru. JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, who were later underdeveloped on sedition charges, were moreover present at that time.
