The JNU Students’ Union, which has been at loggerheads with the university administration, claimed on Thursday that its meeting with the Vice-Chancellor to raise their demands failed to resolve any issue.
“We have been seeking an appointment with the V-C since long. Today, when he decided to meet us, our demands went unheard. He refused to revoke the abrupt suspension of nine students. Also, he did not have any reply about the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed from the campus,” said JNUSU president Mohit Pandey.
Issue of suspension raised
Nine students were suspended last month for allegedly disrupting the Academic Council meeting along with a teacher, who was served notice for addressing them and is facing an enquiry for the same. The students were asked by the Proctor’s office to appear before an inquiry panel on January 2, but they chose not to depose, and hence were given a second chance to appear on January 6.
These students have alleged a “witch-hunt” by the administration and said they were being “selectively targeted” for their political activism. The administration, on the other hand, has issued another notice to the students, giving them a second chance to depose before the panel. —PTI