JNU Protests: JNUSU Demands Resignation Of VC, Action Against Police And Release Of Students
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) has released a press statement expressing its gravest outrage over the brutal police action and mass detention of about 50 students during the “Long March” to the Ministry of Education (MoE). As of now, 14 students, including three JNUSU Office Bearers, have been formally arrested and sent to Tihar Jail.
As per the JNUSU official statement, the march was called to demand the implementation of the Rohith Act, the restoration of university funds, and the immediate removal of Vice-Chancellor Santishree D. Pandit for her casteist remarks and complicity in campus corruption.
Upon reaching the university’s North Gate, students were met with a paramilitary siege. The Delhi Police intentionally locked the main gates with chains and erected multiple layers of heavy barricading to block the protesters within the campus. When students collectively asserted their democratic right to move forward, the police responded with extreme violence.
Around 50 students were forcibly bundled into buses and taken to various Police Stations. Numerous students, including women, sustained serious injuries. Despite these injuries, the police brazenly denied medical assistance. Further, in an act of profound disrespect, police personnel were seen breaking the portrait of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, further underscoring the casteist nature of this crackdown.
The JNUSU holds the university administration and the Ministry of Education directly responsible for this “police-raj” on campus. We demand:
- The immediate and unconditional release of the 14 students sent to Tihar and all other detained protesters.
- The Vice-Chancellor must step down for her repeated failures, her casteist rhetoric against Dalit and Bahujan communities, and her inability to protect students from state violence.
- Immediate suspension and action against the police personnel who desecrated the portrait of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
- Withdrawal of all FIRs and proctorial actions initiated to silence student activists.
