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Afzal Guru event divides JNU, varsity administration orders probe | delhi | Hindustan Times
Afzal Guru event divides JNU, varsity administration orders probe
A day after JNU students clashed over an event on campus in support of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged in 2013, the university on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the incident.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor M Jagadeesh Kumar said a committee headed by chief proctor Krishan Kumar would investigate the matter.
“We had cancelled permission for the event when we came to know that it was not a cultural evening. They had applied for permission but did not give complete information about the programme. Hence, this is a case of indiscipline. A disciplinary inquiry will look into video recordings and evidence submitted by students,” said Kumar.
On Tuesday evening, a group of students had organised a “cultural evening to protest the judicial killing of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhatt” and to show “solidarity with the struggle of Kashmiri people for their democratic right to self determination”. Despite the university administration denying permission to hold the event, the organisers went ahead.
A group of students led by members of the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protested against the event, which led to a clash near the Sabarmati Dhaba on the JNU campus.
JNU registrar Bupinder Zutshi said the university was not aware about the nature of event. “There was no mention of Afzal Guru. How can you talk about disintegration of the nation? Is this nationalist?,” he said.
Saurabh Kumar Sharma, joint secretary of the JNU students union and the only ABVP member in the group, said they had filed a police complaint and would submit a letter to Union HRD minister Smriti Irani and home minister Rajnath Singh.
“This was an anti-national event. When we tried to stop them from holding a march, I was shown a gun. They raised anti-India slogans and for freedom of Kashmir. We have written to the V-C to expel the students,” Sharma said.
The organisers, however, said the ABVP termed everything that went against their ideology as “anti-national”.
“This is a set pattern where we get permission but then ABVP shows up right on the day of programme and the administration cancels permission at the last moment. Even screening of movies on controversial issues are considered anti-national. This is a repeat of what happened in Hyderabad University where ABVP’s actions forced Rohit to commit suicide,” said Anirban Bhattacharya, one of the organisers.
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JNU students clash over event on Afzal Guru | The Indian Express
JNU students clash over event on Afzal Guru
Students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) clashed over an event organised Tuesday on the Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s death anniversary. Police were later deployed on campus to restore order.
Students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) clashed over an event organised Tuesday on the Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s death anniversary. Police were later deployed on campus to restore order.
The incident occurred at the tail end of a cultural evening organised by 10 students, formerly of the Democratic Students’ Union (DSU), at the Sabarmati Dhaba, against the execution of Afzal Guru and separatist leader Maqbool Bhat, and for Kashmir’s right to “self-determination”.
While the organisers originally got permission to hold the event, it was withdrawn after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) complained to the administration. “We had earlier granted permission for a cultural evening, because we were not informed about the topic. When we were told it was in favour of Afzal Guru, we had to withdraw. The government of India hanged him after declaring him a terrorist. How could we allow them to organise an anti-Indian programme,” said the registrar Bupinder Zutshi.
The (ABVP) had called for a protest outside the 24×7 dhaba opposite the venue, against the “anti-national” activity. “This programme was anti-constitutional. Anyone who tries to portray a terrorist as a martyr will have to face us. We won’t allow such anti-national programmes on campuses,” said JNU Students’ Union Joint Secretary Saurabh Sharma.
ABVP’s protest call saw other groups including the All India Students’ Association (AISA), All India Students’ Federation (AISF) and Students’ Federation of India (SFI) coming to the spot in support of the DSU.
When the groups began their march to Ganga Dhaba, ABVP members blocked their way even as security personnel tried to maintain order. Police had to be called in eventually from the nearby Vasant Kunj police station. The ABVP has called for a university strike on Wednesday and asked for the rustication of the 10 students. Police said they have not received any complaints so far regarding the incident.
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JNU students clash over event against Afzal Guru hanging : Mail Today, News - India Today
JNU students clash over event against Afzal Guru hanging
The university turned into a battleground on Tuesday as the Right and the Left clashed when a group of Left-oriented students called a meet to commemorate the "judicial killing" of the duo.
The university turned into a battleground on Tuesday as the Right and the Left clashed when a group of Left-oriented students called a meet to commemorate the "judicial killing" of the duo. The situation turned violent and administration had to call in the police.
A poster, which was pasted all across the campus, read: "There will be an art and a photo exhibition portraying the history of the occupation of Kashmir and the people's struggle against it."
Interestingly, the commemorative meeting went ahead even after the JNU administration revoked permission for the programme in the wake of complaints from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Peeved at this, the ABVP has called upon its cadre to impose a general bandh on the JNU campus on Wednesday.
While the meet, couched as a "Cultural Evening of Protest" in solidarity with the "struggle of the Kashmiri People for their democratic right to self determination" was supposed to commence in front of the Sabarmati hostel at 5pm, the ABVP registered its reservations against the move with the vice-chancellor (VC) M Jagdesh Kumar. Tensions rose after Kumarcancelled permission for the event.
ABVP in protest against the glorification of Afzal Guru. Photo: Siddhartha Rai
"As the vice-chancellor of the university, it is my responsibility to maintain the peace and tranquility of the campus. Hence, the top administrations of the campus met this evening and decided that this protest cannot be given permission. We informed the organisers that we had cancelled permission, which they claimed to be a cultural event. The top administration of the varsity decided that in the interest of the peace and calm of the university, the permission was cancelled," Kumar told Mail Today.
Meanwhile, the station house officer (SHO) of Vasant Kunj police station told Mail Today that the JNU administration had informed the police about the possibility of a confrontation between students of differing ideological hues over the contentious issue, thus the police presence on the campus. "No untoward incident occurred at the venue, though preventive measures had been taken by the police," said the police official.
Joint secretary of JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) Saurabh Kumar Sharma told Mail Today that not only did the protest meet take place in front of Sabarmati hostel, the protesters staged a march from the hostel to the Ganga Dhahba near the main gate.
According to the ABVP and its representative in the JNUSU Sarah Kumar Sharma the protest organised to glorify terrorists was attended by scores of outsiders who were not students of the varsity. "When we tried to stop the procession while it was moving FROM sabarmati to Ganga Dhaba by lying on the road, an outsider in the protest March showed us a country made pistol or katta and then disappeared in side the crowd," Sharma told Mail Today.
"We had expressed our reservations against such anti-national activities taking place on the campus to the authorities. Despite them having denied permission for the event, it still went ahead. This is deplorable," said Sharma.
Meanwhile, president of the JNUSU and AISF leader Kanhaiya Kumar told Mail Today that the Left organisations were against curbing of freedom of expression and the right to protest democratically and had thus supported the meet. "The administration told the organisers at the last moment that the programme had been cancelled who in turn informed the administration that the denial had not come in time. Though we did not organise the event, we went to support it in principle. ABVP is not the police, nor the guard here," he said
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