JNU students protest against hostel fee hike, dress code and curfew
Hundreds
of students protested near the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New
Delhi on Monday against the administration's "anti-students"
policy.
Students
wanted to march towards the All India Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), where Vice President Venkaiah Naidu is addressing the
university's convocation at an auditorium.The gates of the AICTE, around 3 km from the JNU, were locked and the security personnel were stationed in and outside the premises in wake of the protests that started in the morning. The students later reached the convocation area at around 11.30 am.
According to a senior officer, the students broke barricades and marched towards the auditorium. Some of the protesters have been detained.
The students were beating tambourine and raising slogans, with placards in their hands, calling Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar a "thief". "Delhi Police Go Back" slogans were also being raised.
Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal was not able to come out of the venue and the police are requesting the students to let him go. Read More
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