NEW DELHI : Students from several universities across the country have come out in solidarity with their peers at the national capital’s Jamia Millia Islamia, who saw themselves at the receiving end of the Delhi Policy while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said it will hear a case related to the assault on Jamia students.

Students at Patna University, BHU, IIT Bombay, Tata Institute of Social Science, a university in Lucknow, couple of universities in Hyderabad, joined the protest to express support for Jamia students. Students at Jamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) continue to protest.

Authorities at the two universities have announced a vacation and asked students to vacate hostels. They have also postponed all exams till the first week of January.

A group of over 500 students and faculty of top educational institutions including those from IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, IIT Madras, Gujarat University and AMU have written an open letter, denouncing the amended citizenship act.

"The Act is discriminatory and violative of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution. It is inconsistent with the cherished values of equality under law and secularism," they wrote in the open letter.

IIT Bombay students marched with torches, bearing placards which read, “In solidarity with Jamia", and demanded withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Act. Meanwhile, students of the Mumbai University have called for protest in the campus from 4 p.m.

In a tweet post, Delhi deputy chief minister and education minister Manish Sisodia hailed the students’ unity across universities.

Meanwhile, schools in south Delhi remained shut Monday after the state government last night asked school administrations to stay closed to avoid any untoward situation. Some schools in Noida too remained shut to avoid inconvenience to students.

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