Over 600 security personnel were deployed to handle the protest on Monday by the Jawaharlal Nehru Students' Union (JNUSU) against the varsity administration's recent decisions.
JNU Protest: JNUSU office bearers met HRD minister; still waiting to meet VC
LIVE: JNU students protest against hostel fee hike; police uses water canons to disperse crowd
23:14 November 11
600 police personnel deployed at JNU protest
20:03 November 11
JNUSU office bearers met HRD minister; still waiting to meet VC
JNUSU office-bearers met Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank after the latter was stuck at the AICTE auditorium in the day, following protests by the university students over fee hike.
However, the students were not able to meet JNU VC and raised slogans.
"The VC is destroying the varsity. We have made several attempts to meet him in campus, but there has been no fruitful result," said JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh.
19:58 November 11
JNUSU releases statement; states three demands
Here is a statement released by the JNUSU:
JNUSU salutes the spirit of thousands of students who are resisting the fee hike and imposition of regressive and patriarchal rules in the name of Hostel Manual. Amidst this ongoing struggle and crisis in JNU, the administration conducted the annual convocation. The students in the most spirited and democratic way went to the venue to register their demands and protests before the Honourable Vice President of India and the Union Minister for HRD.
Due to the 999% fee hike that is being imposed on us, the University today faces an unprecedented crisis, with an overwhelming number of its students facing a threat to their academic future. For a university where a majority of students come from the most marginalized backgrounds in this country, no wonder that many of the degree receiving students participating in the convocation also joined the protest. However, it is condemnable that the Delhi Police resorted to unprovoked violence on the students, using water canons. Many students have been injured by this action.
It is the strength and unity and purpose of our cause that has forced the MHRD to take note of our demands. We hope that instead of dilly-dallying and protecting the anti-student measures of the JNU administration, better sense will prevail over the MHRD and all these policies rolled back. We seek an immediate resolution on the part of the MHRD and the JNU administration on this matter.
While the MHRD Minister met the Students Union, it is shameful that the VC continued to hide and refused to meet the studens. It has become amply clear that M Jagadesh Kumar is unfit to carry out the functions of a VC. WE ARE FACING AN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY created by this administration and we will continue to protest for our right to education. We reiterate our clear demands:
1. The meeting on hostel rules be reconvened in the presence of student representatives and all regressive parts pertaining to clothing/timings/etc must be revoked.
2. The 999% fee hike from 2740 to 30100 annually must be rolled back immediately.
3. The JNU VC must be removed for his inability to carry out the role of a Vice-Chancellor in any reasonable and democratic manner.
We appeal to all the citizens of this country on who's taxes this university runs. JNU remains a university which is still accessible to the poorest and most marginalized sections in this country and this present move is a brutal attack on not just current students but on all those students from such backgrounds who fight and aspire for higher education. This is why the protest will only intensify if the demands are not dealt with soon.
-JNUSU
17:59 November 11
Students allege 'exorbitant hike' in hostel fees
Students of JNU continue to protest against hostel fee hike. They have alleged that the hostel rent for a single room has been hiked from Rs 10 to Rs 300, rent for a double room has been hiked from Rs 20 to Rs 600, and one-time refundable mess security deposit has been hiked from Rs 5,500 to Rs 12,000.
17:57 November 11
Nishank assured protesting students of resolving their problems: MHRD
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AICTE परिसर में आज मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री रमेश पोखरियाल निशंक ने JNU विद्यार्थियों से उनकी समस्याओं को लेकर सकारात्मक वार्ता की l केंद्रीय मंत्री ने यह आश्वासन दिया कि उनकी समस्याओं का शीघ्र ही उचित हल निकाला जाएगा l@DrRPNishank @PIB_India @PIBHindi @MIB_India
— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) November 11, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">AICTE परिसर में आज मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री रमेश पोखरियाल निशंक ने JNU विद्यार्थियों से उनकी समस्याओं को लेकर सकारात्मक वार्ता की l केंद्रीय मंत्री ने यह आश्वासन दिया कि उनकी समस्याओं का शीघ्र ही उचित हल निकाला जाएगा l@DrRPNishank @PIB_India @PIBHindi @MIB_India
— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) November 11, 2019AICTE परिसर में आज मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री रमेश पोखरियाल निशंक ने JNU विद्यार्थियों से उनकी समस्याओं को लेकर सकारात्मक वार्ता की l केंद्रीय मंत्री ने यह आश्वासन दिया कि उनकी समस्याओं का शीघ्र ही उचित हल निकाला जाएगा l@DrRPNishank @PIB_India @PIBHindi @MIB_India
— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) November 11, 2019
The official twitter handle of the Ministry of HRD on Monday said that Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank held "positive talks" with the protesting JNU students at the AICTE premises.
"The Union Minister has assured the students that their problems will soon be resolved," the tweet said.
17:52 November 11
'We are exercising restraint, have kept situation under control,' says Delhi Police PRO
Mandeep S Randhawa, Delhi Police PRO, "Police while exercising restraint have kept the situation under control. We are in contact with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) authorities as well as students. Our talks with the students are on."
17:15 November 11
Female student protestors accuse Delhi police of physical abuse, molestation
Female student protestors accuse Delhi police of physical abuse, molestation
Protesting students of JNU have alleged that Delhi police have threatened them of using lathi charge.
Several female students have also accused the Delhi police of physically abusing them.
"Water cannons were used on us. Police have also threatened us of using lathi charge. A lady police officer hit me in the abdomen, " a female student of JNU told ETV Bharat.
Another girl said that she was dragged by a Delhi police officer while she was protesting peacefully.
A girl student has even accused the police of molesting the female student protestors, "Delhi police personnel groped us. We were molested."
A fellow protestor and a male student alleged that a girl was pulled by her hair by a Delhi police officer in an intoxicated state, "a Delhi police officer pulled a female student by her hair in an intoxicated state."
The students are protesting against "900 percent" hike in hostel fees.
16:28 November 11
HRD minister, JNU VC evacuated from varsity campus
Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and JNU VC M Jagadesh Kumar evacuated from the varsity campus under heavy police protection.
16:24 November 11
Female protesters pushed around by women police personnel as protest intensifies
Female protesters pushed around by women police personnel as protest intensifies
Female students of JNU protesting against the hostel fee hike were pushed around by Delhi women police personnel as the protest by Jawaharlal Nehru Students' Union (JNUSU) over different issues including fee hike continues outside the university campus continues.
16:08 November 11
Water cannon used on protesting students by Delhi police
Delhi Police used water cannon to disperse the protesters from JNUSU.
15:41 November 11
JNU Protest: Female student protestors accuse Delhi police of physical abuse, molestation
LIVE: JNU students protest against hostel fee hike; police uses water canons to disperse crowd
New Delhi: A massive protest broke out on Monday outside the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi as hundreds of students blocked roads near the campus and raised slogans amid heavy police presence, claiming that the Vice Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar has turned down repeated requests to meet them and discuss recent hostel fee hike as per the new draft hostel manual.
The university has hiked the hostel fee, reportedly, by 300 percent affecting an overwhelming number of students coming from underprivileged backgrounds.
Apart from the fee hike, the students are also protesting against the recent "curfew timings and dress code restrictions" at the varsity in the recent hostel manual.
The protesting students were halted by police as they tried to cross barricades and march towards the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in Vasant Kunj where Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was addressing the varsity's third convocation ceremony.
23:14 November 11
600 police personnel deployed at JNU protest
Over 600 security personnel were deployed to handle the protest on Monday by the Jawaharlal Nehru Students' Union (JNUSU) against the varsity administration's recent decisions.
20:03 November 11
JNUSU office bearers met HRD minister; still waiting to meet VC
JNUSU office-bearers met Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank after the latter was stuck at the AICTE auditorium in the day, following protests by the university students over fee hike.
However, the students were not able to meet JNU VC and raised slogans.
"The VC is destroying the varsity. We have made several attempts to meet him in campus, but there has been no fruitful result," said JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh.
19:58 November 11
JNUSU releases statement; states three demands
Here is a statement released by the JNUSU:
JNUSU salutes the spirit of thousands of students who are resisting the fee hike and imposition of regressive and patriarchal rules in the name of Hostel Manual. Amidst this ongoing struggle and crisis in JNU, the administration conducted the annual convocation. The students in the most spirited and democratic way went to the venue to register their demands and protests before the Honourable Vice President of India and the Union Minister for HRD.
Due to the 999% fee hike that is being imposed on us, the University today faces an unprecedented crisis, with an overwhelming number of its students facing a threat to their academic future. For a university where a majority of students come from the most marginalized backgrounds in this country, no wonder that many of the degree receiving students participating in the convocation also joined the protest. However, it is condemnable that the Delhi Police resorted to unprovoked violence on the students, using water canons. Many students have been injured by this action.
It is the strength and unity and purpose of our cause that has forced the MHRD to take note of our demands. We hope that instead of dilly-dallying and protecting the anti-student measures of the JNU administration, better sense will prevail over the MHRD and all these policies rolled back. We seek an immediate resolution on the part of the MHRD and the JNU administration on this matter.
While the MHRD Minister met the Students Union, it is shameful that the VC continued to hide and refused to meet the studens. It has become amply clear that M Jagadesh Kumar is unfit to carry out the functions of a VC. WE ARE FACING AN ACADEMIC EMERGENCY created by this administration and we will continue to protest for our right to education. We reiterate our clear demands:
1. The meeting on hostel rules be reconvened in the presence of student representatives and all regressive parts pertaining to clothing/timings/etc must be revoked.
2. The 999% fee hike from 2740 to 30100 annually must be rolled back immediately.
3. The JNU VC must be removed for his inability to carry out the role of a Vice-Chancellor in any reasonable and democratic manner.
We appeal to all the citizens of this country on who's taxes this university runs. JNU remains a university which is still accessible to the poorest and most marginalized sections in this country and this present move is a brutal attack on not just current students but on all those students from such backgrounds who fight and aspire for higher education. This is why the protest will only intensify if the demands are not dealt with soon.
-JNUSU
17:59 November 11
Students allege 'exorbitant hike' in hostel fees
Students of JNU continue to protest against hostel fee hike. They have alleged that the hostel rent for a single room has been hiked from Rs 10 to Rs 300, rent for a double room has been hiked from Rs 20 to Rs 600, and one-time refundable mess security deposit has been hiked from Rs 5,500 to Rs 12,000.
17:57 November 11
Nishank assured protesting students of resolving their problems: MHRD
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AICTE परिसर में आज मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री रमेश पोखरियाल निशंक ने JNU विद्यार्थियों से उनकी समस्याओं को लेकर सकारात्मक वार्ता की l केंद्रीय मंत्री ने यह आश्वासन दिया कि उनकी समस्याओं का शीघ्र ही उचित हल निकाला जाएगा l@DrRPNishank @PIB_India @PIBHindi @MIB_India
— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) November 11, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">AICTE परिसर में आज मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री रमेश पोखरियाल निशंक ने JNU विद्यार्थियों से उनकी समस्याओं को लेकर सकारात्मक वार्ता की l केंद्रीय मंत्री ने यह आश्वासन दिया कि उनकी समस्याओं का शीघ्र ही उचित हल निकाला जाएगा l@DrRPNishank @PIB_India @PIBHindi @MIB_India
— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) November 11, 2019AICTE परिसर में आज मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री रमेश पोखरियाल निशंक ने JNU विद्यार्थियों से उनकी समस्याओं को लेकर सकारात्मक वार्ता की l केंद्रीय मंत्री ने यह आश्वासन दिया कि उनकी समस्याओं का शीघ्र ही उचित हल निकाला जाएगा l@DrRPNishank @PIB_India @PIBHindi @MIB_India
— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) November 11, 2019
The official twitter handle of the Ministry of HRD on Monday said that Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank held "positive talks" with the protesting JNU students at the AICTE premises.
"The Union Minister has assured the students that their problems will soon be resolved," the tweet said.
17:52 November 11
'We are exercising restraint, have kept situation under control,' says Delhi Police PRO
Mandeep S Randhawa, Delhi Police PRO, "Police while exercising restraint have kept the situation under control. We are in contact with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) authorities as well as students. Our talks with the students are on."
17:15 November 11
Female student protestors accuse Delhi police of physical abuse, molestation
Female student protestors accuse Delhi police of physical abuse, molestation
Protesting students of JNU have alleged that Delhi police have threatened them of using lathi charge.
Several female students have also accused the Delhi police of physically abusing them.
"Water cannons were used on us. Police have also threatened us of using lathi charge. A lady police officer hit me in the abdomen, " a female student of JNU told ETV Bharat.
Another girl said that she was dragged by a Delhi police officer while she was protesting peacefully.
A girl student has even accused the police of molesting the female student protestors, "Delhi police personnel groped us. We were molested."
A fellow protestor and a male student alleged that a girl was pulled by her hair by a Delhi police officer in an intoxicated state, "a Delhi police officer pulled a female student by her hair in an intoxicated state."
The students are protesting against "900 percent" hike in hostel fees.
16:28 November 11
HRD minister, JNU VC evacuated from varsity campus
Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and JNU VC M Jagadesh Kumar evacuated from the varsity campus under heavy police protection.
16:24 November 11
Female protesters pushed around by women police personnel as protest intensifies
Female protesters pushed around by women police personnel as protest intensifies
Female students of JNU protesting against the hostel fee hike were pushed around by Delhi women police personnel as the protest by Jawaharlal Nehru Students' Union (JNUSU) over different issues including fee hike continues outside the university campus continues.
16:08 November 11
Water cannon used on protesting students by Delhi police
Delhi Police used water cannon to disperse the protesters from JNUSU.
15:41 November 11
JNU Protest: Female student protestors accuse Delhi police of physical abuse, molestation
LIVE: JNU students protest against hostel fee hike; police uses water canons to disperse crowd
New Delhi: A massive protest broke out on Monday outside the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi as hundreds of students blocked roads near the campus and raised slogans amid heavy police presence, claiming that the Vice Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar has turned down repeated requests to meet them and discuss recent hostel fee hike as per the new draft hostel manual.
The university has hiked the hostel fee, reportedly, by 300 percent affecting an overwhelming number of students coming from underprivileged backgrounds.
Apart from the fee hike, the students are also protesting against the recent "curfew timings and dress code restrictions" at the varsity in the recent hostel manual.
The protesting students were halted by police as they tried to cross barricades and march towards the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in Vasant Kunj where Vice President Venkaiah Naidu was addressing the varsity's third convocation ceremony.
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