The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration said on Tuesday that it was shocked at the misinformation being spread by agitating students.
Stating that it has never opposed dialogue and discussion, the administration said that it had uploaded on the university’s website all the appeals and requests made to the students to refrain from unlawful and harmful methods of protest.
The university said that before the students, teachers, staff and officers of the university lose their current level of tolerance and patience at the state of affairs, agitating students should abandon the unlawful path of confrontation.
‘Best of dialogues’
“The best of dialogues can take place only between student representatives and administration officials, but the agitating students are insisting that the Vice-Chancellor must come and answer questions at a mass gathering of students. There is a misinformation campaign to mislead the public and show their illogical demands as genuine concerns,” said Pramod Kumar, Registrar of the University.
Mr. Kumar added that even the newly elected JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA), instead of approaching the administration to discuss issues related to admission policy, has preferred to take the issue outside of campus.
‘JNUTA unsupportive’
“The JNUTA has not even once given a call for ending the siege of the administration building, although a large number of teachers have not been able to process various official papers, including foreign travel leave applications, interview for guest faculty, PhD viva voce of their students, medical claims for their family members etc.,” said the Registrar.
The university also stated that due to the blockade of the administration building, thousands of contractual labourers have suffered.
‘People suffering’
“Because of their agitation, labourers have suffered and yet, the students shed crocodile tears by invoking “social justice” arguments. Do they worry at all when the university loses huge sums of money, which comes from the taxpayers?,” the administration stated.
