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JNU students hold book talk on Umar Khalid after admin cancels venue
At Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday, a book discussion on Umar Khalid's 'Fractured Communities' was held outside the SSS-2 building after the administration cancelled the auditorium booking at SSS-1. The Jawaharlal…
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At Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday, a book discussion on Umar Khalid's 'Fractured Communities' was held outside the SSS-2 building after the administration cancelled the auditorium booking at SSS-1. The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) went ahead with the event, raising slogans such as 'Umar Khalid ko riha karo' and 'Jail ke taale tudenge, saare saathi chutenge'. Supporters of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) reportedly raised counter-slogans, including 'Khalid Pakistani hai', creating a tense atmosphere.
The university administration stated that the permission granted by the Dean of the School of Social Sciences was revoked due to non-disclosure of complete details about the programme. JNU described itself as a 'democratic and decentralised institution' but has not commented on the slogans raised. Khalid, a former JNU student, has been in jail since September 2020 in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case.
The Indian Opinion
The chanting of 'Jail ke taale tudenge, saare saathi chutenge' by JNUSU and 'Khalid Pakistani hai' by ABVP shows how campus protests now mirror national polarisation. Missing from the sloganeering is any discussion of the 2020 Delhi riots or the merits of Khalid's book. The real test will be whether the university allows such events with proper disclosures, or if both sides continue to use auditorium bookings as proxy battlegrounds.
Source: timesnownews.com
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