Students raised ‘provocative slogans’ inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during an event held on Monday evening, with the institution demanding an FIR against the ones involved, said the varsity officials.
In a letter written to the Delhi Police (addressed to the SHO of Vasant Kunj (North)), the university states that some students raised "highly objectionable, provocative, and inflammatory" slogans against the aforementioned and are in direct contempt of the Supreme Court.
University's Security Department said a programme, "A Night of Resistance with Guerrilla Dhaba," was organised around 10 pm by students linked to the JNUSU. Initially, the gathering appeared limited to marking the January 5, 2020, incident, with around 30 to 35 students present. But as mentioned in the letter, the event’s nature changed following a judicial verdict on the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, after which some participants allegedly raised slogans that the university termed inflammatory and objectionable.
A video of the sloganeering is also making rounds online.
The administration claimed the slogans amounted to contempt of the Supreme Court and violated the university’s Code of Conduct. JNU named several students, including current JNUSU President Aditi Mishra, and said they were identified during the programme and argued that the slogans were "deliberate", "repeated" and had the "potential to seriously disrupt public order, campus harmony and security".
Security officials were present on site and monitored the situation, the letter added. The chief security officer has requested police to register an FIR under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, according to the letter.
Guilty students to face corrective actions —
Further, senior officials on the condition of anonymity informed that the JNU administration held a meeting on Tuesday and will take corrective action against the students found guilty.
"JNU administration is setting up an internal inquiry on the matter. If students are found guilty of violating any rules or regulations, we will take disciplinary action against the students," the senior official said.
What’s the Jan 5, 2020, protest?
Every yearm the varsity students hold a protest to condemn the violence which occurred on the campus on January 5, 2020, when a mob of masked men stormed the campus and targeted students in three hostels, unleashing mayhem with sticks, stones, and iron rods, hitting inmates and breaking windows, furniture, and personal belongings. At least 28 people, including then JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh, were injured as chaos reigned on the campus for nearly two hours.
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