Students protest outside HRD ministry over JNU incident, oppose NEP

Hundreds of students gathered outside HRD ministry and staged a protest over issues of fee hike in Jawaharlal Nehru University, CAA-NRC and New Education Policy (NEP). The crowd constituted mostly students from JNU but students from other universities also joined the protest in solidarity with the JNU.

New Delhi: The series of protests over issues of fee hike in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), CAA-NRC and New Education Policy (NEP) continued on Thursday as well when hundreds of students gathered outside HRD ministry and staged a protest.

The incident of violence at JNU campus yet again became the centre point during the protest as students shouted slogans against the Modi Government, RSS and it's student wing ABVP.

Read: Violence in JNU lasted half an hour: Police​​​​​​​

The crowd constituted mostly students from JNU but students from other universities also joined the protest in solidarity with the JNU.

ETV Bharat has learnt through sources that a meeting between JNU students union and the HRD Secretary Amit Khare was taking place while students were protesting outside HRD headquarters, Shastri Bhawan.

Further details about the meeting are awaited, while the protest concluded till 5 in the evening.