Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) organised a protest on Thursday marking the death anniversary of their former Students’ Union president Chandrashekhar Prasad.
Mr. Prasad, popularly known as comrade Chandu, was a member of the Left-backed All India Students’ Association (AISA). He was killed by Bihar leader and strongman Mohd Shahbuddin’s men in Siwan district of Bihar on March 31, 1997.
His death was followed by widespread protests across the country, mobilised by JNU students and Left parties.
“We will carry forward Chandu’s legacy and rise to resist the attack on our universities. The fascist attack has now reached Central University of Jharkhand where Dr. Shreya Bhattacharji has been suspended for inviting a JNU professor for an event,” JNUSU vice president Shehla Rashid Shora said.
An annual lecture in the name of Chandu is also organised every year in the university.
