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With march to Parliament and letters to Rajnath and PMO, JNUSU to step up protests The JNUSU has now decided to hold a march to Parliament on March 2 to protest the arrest of three JNU students on charges of sedition.

Feb 28, 2016

Demonstrators shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest demanding the release of , a Ja waharlal Nehru University (JNU) student union leader accused of sedition, in New Delhi on Thursday. –

On a day former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Ashutosh Kumar from the All India Students’ Association (AISA) was called in for questioning by Delhi Police, the union continued to hold programmes on the ca mpus to keep the movement going .

The JNUSU has now decided to hold a march to Pa rliament on March 2 to protest the arrest of three JNU students on charges of sedition . The organisation has also decide d to write to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Prime Minister’s Office, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Minority Commission to express its concerns on the issue.

The other two AISA leaders named in connection with the case — JNUSU general-secretary Rama Naga and former JNUSU vice -president Anant Prakash Narayan — however, continued to stay on campus.

“We weren’t called for questioning, so we will stay in campus,” said Narayan. On Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani’s speech in the Lok Sabha, during which she read out the names of students being investigated by Delhi Police in connection with the events of February 9, JNUSU vice-president Shehla Rashid Shora said, “She misused her official position and power to give credence to this highly questionable report by JNU’s high-level enquiry committee. By doing this, she has jeopardised the natural course of justice”.

She said the JNUSU would seek a meeting with officials of the PMO and other bodies to highlight their concerns about various issues including “the continuing atmosphere of terror and intimidation, the bias of Delhi Police, their irresponsible and changing statements and misuse of Sedition Act”. The students have also demanded protection for JNU students in police custody.

Satarupa Chakraborty, convenor of the School of Social Sciences, said the JNUSU would also organise a day-long dharna on February 29 and a march to Parliament on March 2. “We appeal to all associations and unions worldwide to hold an international protest day on March 2,” she said.

On Saturday, politicians including CPI-ML (Liberation) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya and K Ambujalshan from the Welfare Party of India extended their solidarity to the movement.

JNU Students’ Union to approach PMO, NHRC, MHA

Feb 28, 2016

The JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) on Saturday said that it is planning to approach the Prime Minister’s Office, Union home minister and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), raising their concerns about the way the government has been dealing with the ongoing controversy in the university.

Alleging the university did not handle the controversy after February 9 event on campus, the JNUSU is also organising a day-long sit-in dharna in front of the administrative block demanding the removal of the registrar Bupinder Zutshi. On March 2, JNU students will also march to Parliament to highlight their concerns about the “stifling of dissent in JNU, Hyderabad Central University and elsewhere through sedition charges”.

“We want to take up all these issue with the PMO, HRD ministry and the home minister. We will also be approaching the NHRC and the Minority Commission to register our concerns at the functioning of the Delhi police and the continuing threats of physical violence against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar and Anirban”.

The JNUSU alleged that HRD minister Smriti Irani’s speech in Parliament, where she pronounced eight students as guilty, is also based on a half-cooked report. “The minister has quoted an internal and ‘interim’ report of a ‘high level enquiry committee’ in JNU to name eight students as prima-facie guilty. JNU students and teachers have repeatedly pointed out that this interim report of the committee, prepared within 24 hours of its formation, violated all norms of natural justice and due diligence,” said JNUSU vice-president Shehla Rashid Shora. “We would like to ask the MHA and the MHRD, if they knew that JNU had instituted an internal enquiry, why did they send in the Delhi police to arrest students? Why did they mess with JNU’s institutional autonomy?,” she asked.

The JNUSU has decided to approach each executive council member before it emergency meeting on Monday demanding that the suspension of the eight students be unconditionally revoked. “The administration has called for an emergency EC on February 29. The JNUSU will present a memorandum to each EC member demanding that the suspension of the eight students be unconditionally revoked. We are also demanding that vice-chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar should take action against the registrar for misguiding him in the handling of the issue,” added Ms Shehla.

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JNU students to approach PMO, NHRC over handling of Afzal Guru row

Feb 28, 2016

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union (JNUSU) is planning to approach the Prime Minister's Office, Union Home Minister and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), raising their concerns about the way the government has been dealing with recent controversy in the university.

Students are also organising a day long sit-in dharna in front of the administration block in JNU demanding the removal of the Registrar Bhupinder Zutshi, who, the students allege did not handle the February 9 matter well.

They will also march to Parliament on March 2, to highlight their concerns about the 'stifling of dissent in JNU, Hyderabad Central University and elsewhere through sedition charges'. Students alleged that HRD Minister Smriti Irani's speech in Parliament where she pronounced eight students as "guilty", is also based on a "half-cooked" report. "The HRD Minister has quoted an internal and 'interim' report of a 'High Level Enquiry Committee' in JNU to name eight students as prima-facie 'guilty'. JNU students and teachers have repeatedly pointed out that this interim report of the committee, prepared within 24 hours of its formation, violated all norms of natural justice and due diligence," said Shehla Rashid Shora, vice president JNU student's union. "We would like to ask the MHA and the MHRD, if they knew that JNU had instituted an internal enquiry, why did they send in the Delhi Police to arrest students? Why did they mess with JNU's institutional autonomy?," she asked. The students union further said, "we want to take up all these issue with the PMO, MHRD and the Home Minister. We will also be approaching the NHRC and the Minority Commission to register our concerns at the functioning of the Delhi Police and the continuing threats of physical violence against Kanhaiya, Umar and Anirban". "The administration has called for an emergency Executive Council meeting on February 29. JNUSU will present a memorandum to each EC member demanding that the suspension of the eight students be unconditionally revoked. We are also demanding that Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar should take action against the Registrar for misguiding him in the handling of the issue," Shehla added. Meanwhile, a group of students from Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association (BAPSA) burnt the effigy of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh in protest against the alleged acid attack on AAP leader Soni Sori.

Exclusive: Kanhaiya Says Cops Dictated Parts of His Statement 28th Feb 2016 04 NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students union president Kanhaiya Kumar has alleged that the police wrote into his interrogation report and statement many things that he had not said.

In a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), written from his Tihar prison cell, he said police watched as "mute spectators" as he was being beaten up by men wearing lawyers' robes in the Patiala House court premises.

* During police custody, the interrogators did not beat me up but continuously applied mental pressure. They incorporated many things without consent in my statement. * The police took me to Patiala House court. The conversation among them about security arrangements scared me.

* As I entered the court premises, a group of men in lawyers’ robes attacked me. It was a planned attack, with an intention to kill me. They beat me, dragged me and abused...I was in shock.

* At this point, they (the policemen accompanying me) did their best to save me.

* What happened on that day still scares me. I am still in trauma and fear that any untoward incident can happen to me and my family.

* But the policemen in courtroom no. 3 were just mute spectators when the lawyers came inside and attacked me again. (Deputy commissioner of police Jatin Narwal was present.)

* I was arrested by the Delhi Police from outside my hostel in the JNU campus without any summons or arrest warrant… Police seized my purse, mobile phone, ATM, identity cards, bank account details, Facebook ID and password, email IDs and password, account and password. They seized even my room keys.

* I asked the judge the reason behind my arrest and then appealed to police to produce evidence. The police showed a video to the magistrate. I told the police as well as the magistrate that I was not the organiser of the February 9 incident nor was present during the sloganeering incident. * The interrogators asked me for my opinion on the unity and integrity of the country. I told them that I fully believe in the nation's unity, integrity and its Constitution. They asked to write down my opinion. I wrote it. They asked me to write it in the form of an appeal. I was clueless. I had no option. I wrote it in an appeal format.” (A copy of this was tweeted by Delhi police commissioner B S Bassi as “an appeal issued by Kanhaiya”)