A day after the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration announced the quantum of punishment for students allegedly involved in the February 9 event on campus, the teachers came out in their support.
Members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) and JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU), along with other students, expressed their opposition for the high-level enquiry committee report and its outcome by burning the pages of the report at the admin block on campus, right under the office of Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar and Chief Proctor A.P. Dimri.
The quantum of punishment, based on the enquiry committee recommendations, was handed over by the Chief Proctor’s Office and has the approval of the V-C.
A delegation of JNUTA met Prof Kumar over the punishment meted out to the students. They also handed over a letter to the V-C expressing concerns about the composition of the panel, something they have been raising for a long time now, besides other issues.
“We met the V-C today [on Tuesday] and raised concerns regarding the punishment orders given to students. The enquiry committee has been a cause of concern for us from the very beginning and now that the quantum of punishment has been announced on its basis, it needs to be questioned,” said JNUTA president Ajay Patnaik.
The JNUTA has now called an emergent general body meeting to decide on its future course of action in the matter.
The teachers have been supporting the protests since JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges on February 11.
