JNU students raise anti-Modi, Shah slogans after SC denies bail to Umar Khalid

Students protest inside the university campus. PIC/X @pradip103

A group of students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) raised controversial slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots conspiracy case.

According to a purported video, the protest was held on Monday night inside the campus. Aditi Mishra, JNU Students' Union president, said that every year, students hold a protest to condemn the violence which occurred on the campus on January 5, 2020. "All of the slogans raised in the protest were ideological and do not attack anyone personally," Mishra said.

University seeks FIR

JNU has sought the registration of an FIR over the alleged raising of "provocative" slogans inside the university campus, varsity officials said. A letter by the administration to the Delhi Police states that certain students raised "highly objectionable, provocative and inflammatory" slogans and are in direct contempt of the SC.

Ministers condemn

Delhi ministers Ashish Sood and Manjinder Singh Sirsa condemned the incident and blamed the Opposition for supporting those who indulge in such acts.

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