Delhi Police Detained JNU Students Marching Towards Rashtrapati Bhavan: The students, demanding the removal of VC Jagdish Kumar, announced a march to Rashtrapati Bhavan in connection with the attack on students last Sunday in JNU. However, during this time the Delhi Police chased away the students and took them into custody.


#WATCH Delhi Police remove women protesters while they were marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan. Students are demanding removal of the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Vice Chancellor following Jan 5 violence in the campus. pic.twitter.com/HzT2AjkZF5 — ANI (@ANI) January 9, 2020 Advertisement

Several students were also beaten by the police, in which they were injured. Police appealed to the students to maintain peace. Some students also raised slogans by standing on the roadside in Connaught Place. He shouted slogans against VC Jagdish Kumar.

Due to this demonstration of students, there was a situation of jam at Janpath. Traffic stopped at CP’s inner circle. At the same time, there was a long jam on the road coming from Janpath to KG Marg.

Earlier, JNU Students‘ Union President Ayishi Ghosh said that the meeting with the officials of MHRD was unsatisfactory and then they announced the march to Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Kanhaiya attacks BJP on ‘piecemeal gang’

Kanhaiya Kumar, former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union, said on Thursday that those protesting against the attack on students are not breaking the country, but will break the BJP. In JNU, on January 5, students and teachers were attacked with multiple masking, in which several students, including student union president Ayashi Ghosh, were injured. Kanhaiya Kumar made this statement while talking to reporters outside the HRD ministry.

MHRD Secretary Amit Khare said what happened is sad

Regarding the meeting with the teachers union, faculty members and JNU Students Union, MHRD secretary Amit Khare said that what has happened in a few days is very sad. Students have a list of complaints. Teachers also have complaints against the administration. We are trying to address these complaints.

Amit Khare, Secretary, MHRD: I have called the Jawaharlal Nehru University VC and team tomorrow morning. I have also offered the students that I will be meeting them again tomorrow regarding their demands. Such incidents should not re-occur . https://t.co/JpOOau1WSo — ANI (@ANI) January 9, 2020

He also said that I have called JNU VC and his team tomorrow morning. I have also proposed to the students that I will meet them again tomorrow regarding their demands. Such incidents should not happen again.

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Keeping in view the performance of JNU students, security personnel are being deployed near the North-South Block. Law and Order Special CP RS Krishnia, overseeing the deployment of security personnel, is taking two DCPs of North and South blocks.

Delhi: Special CP Law and Order RS Krishnia and two DCPs are taking stock of security measures at North and South Block. https://t.co/bYknhuoHrJ — ANI (@ANI) January 9, 2020