JNU Seeks Police Action Over Students' Slogans at Protest

The administration of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi has sought police action against students who allegedly raised provocative slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a campus protest on Monday evening. The incident occurred near the Sabarmati Hostel as part of an event organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union to commemorate the sixth anniversary of a violent mob attack on the campus on January 5, 2020, which left several students and faculty members injured.

In a letter to the Vasant Kunj North Police Station on Tuesday, the university's security department described the gathering, which drew about 30 to 35 participants, as initially focused on remembering the 2020 violence. However, officials stated that the tone shifted following the Supreme Court's denial of bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, two activists accused in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. According to the letter, some students then began chanting slogans that university authorities deemed highly objectionable, inflammatory, and in direct contempt of the Supreme Court. The administration emphasized that the remarks showed willful...