Ask President to withdraw all actions against students who were punished
New Delhi: The punitive action taken against JNU students, including JNUSU chief Kanhaiya Kumar that led him to sit on a hunger strike, reached the President’s doorstep on Friday with some opposition party MPs seeking his intervention in resolving the crisis and restoring normalcy in the varsity.
A delegation of MPs from various parties, including the Left and Congress on Friday met President Pranab Mukherjee and asked him to withdraw forthwith all actions taken against students by JNU authorities pending judicial outcome.
“All actions taken by the VC and the university administration against the students must be withdrawn forthwith. You will agree that all of us will have to wait till the ongoing judicial proceedings are concluded,” a memorandum handed over to the President said.
The MPs – Digvijay Singh (Congress), Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), D Raja (CPI), K C Tyagi and Pawan Kumar Verma (JD-U), KTS Tulsi (nominated), Majid Memon (NCP) and Baishnab Parida (BJD), told Mukherjee that current crisis over disciplinary action by the Vice Chancellor “threatens to engulf the university in a crisis of unprecedented proportions”.
They said JNU is considered among the best universities in India which has an unblemished global ranking and standing and the issue has done damage to the varsity, reports PTI.
