Anti-Modi, govt slogans on JNU walls; controversy erupts

Objectionable slogans against the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have defaced the walls of JNU. The university authorities have ordered to erase the slogans and investigate it.

New Delhi:Anti-Modi and anti-government slogans have defaced the walls of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) sparking controversy on the campus. Some of the slogans on the walls read "Saffron will burn", "Modi's grave will be dug", "Free Kashmir" and "IOK (Indian Occupied Kashmir)".

The objectionable slogans have been written in red and blue ink on the walls of the building of JNU's School of Languages. However, no official response has been received from the JNU administration on this incident till now. Sources said that the university has ordered an investigation into the incident.

Last year, a similar controversy had erupted in the campus after walls of the second and third floors of the school of language and literature as well as doors of faculty members were defaced with slogans against the Brahmin and Baniya communities. Some of the slogans that had surfaced at that time were "Brahmins leave the campus", "there will be blood", "Brahmins Bharat choro" and "we will avenge on Brahmins-Baniyas".

The JNU administration had formed a probe committee at that time but that names of those involved in the incident were not revealed in the committee's report that was submitted to the authorities. The ABVP had condemned the incident and accused the Leftist student organisations of writing the objectionable slogans.

The BJP backed organisation had demanded action from the university authorities against those involved in it. A teachers' body of the JNU had also held the left-leaning students responsible. However, the allegation could not be confirmed in the investigation conducted by the university.

Presently, a similar incident has come to light. After the matter came to the notice of JNU administration, instructions were given to erase the slogans and investigate into the matter.