NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union — or, at least, three parts of it — has taken "very strong note" of news reports on the possible appointment of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy as the new vice-chancellor of the university. On Wednesday evening, Swamy has tweeted, "Media is on fire that I have been offered the JNU VC post. No formal offer nor will there be if the government cannot meet my pre-conditions," which, apparently, include the permission to "rusticate anti-national students." JNU students are not letting even rumours slide without protest."The student community of JNU has taken very strong note of news reports pertaining to the possible appointment of Subramanian Swamy as the vice-chancellor of JNU. Be it Mr Swamy or any other regressive figure, the student community will resist any attempts at saffronisation of JNU with all its might. JNUSU has consistently raised its voice against the blatant attempts by the Modi government at backdoor appointments of RSS members to key institutions, against Hindutva myths being passed off as “ancient science”, against introduction of regressive content in textbooks and against the homogenisation of culture in the name of vegetarianism, linguistic uniformity, etc," says the statement from vice-president, Shehla Rashid Shora, on behalf of JNUSU, issued on Wednesday evening. One of four central panel members in the 2015-16 JNUSU — the general secretary — is from right-leaning Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.Not one to pull punches, Swamy tweeted on Thursday morning, “I think JNU needs an Anti Narcotics Bureau campus branch office to raid dorms and arrest Naxal[ite]s, jehadis and Elis. BSF camp also” and “No question of my considering (accepting post) unless allowed to rusticate anti- national students.”The university's students are expecting a "saffron" VC — present VC SK Sopory retires soon — and former student union-members and left-leaning student bodies have been girding up for it too. "To install this saffron puppet as the JNU VC is going to prove to be the last nail in the coffin of this government which has already exposed itself by appointing Gajendra Chauhan as the FTII Chairman. If it is contemplating anything of this sort, this government should be ready for intensified protests every day on the streets of Delhi, right under its nose. We will not let the government function normally if this attack is made on our education system," adds the statement. JNU students have already supported protesting FTII students.