Students claim they were not allowed to board the bus they had hired to go to the protest

The Youth against Corruption movement, organised by the students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI)and Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU), was off to a great start on Tuesday. Over 3,000 students from universities across the country, including states such as West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, joined in to begin the 100-hour barricade against corruption.

Meanwhile, in the morning, the All India Students' Association (AISA) members from JMI were hauled at the campus gate by the university security personnel. An AISA activist, requesting anonymity, said the students had booked a bus to reach the spot. The guards, however, did not let them out and started a scuffle with them.

'Anti-student'
A student, Rizwan, said, "The guards abused the students and told them they cannot go to the protest. They crossed their limits and hurled unsolicited comments, such as "such Naxalite-kind movements will not be tolerated here". Jamia is like a jail. Students do not have a voice here. The university is completely undemocratic in nature. Anything and everything is banned inside Jamia."

As the students were adamant to go to the protest, the security personnel called the police control room. The students, however, left the campus and boarded Delhi Transport Corporation buses from outside. Students claimed that though the teachers supported them, the administration was very anti-student.

"The administration is always restrictive of our activities. Even today, when we were going for a protest outside the campus, the security personnel manhandled students to stop them. We had booked a bus, but the guards didn't let it take off and shoved the driver away. They threatened to get us rusticated from the university. This is dictatorship," said an AISA activist.

100 hours cut short
Later, student leaders from JNU and JMI, along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, raised their voice against the mounting corruption in government bodies. The student body had called for an incessant 100-hour protest. They were, however, detained by the security personnel and taken to the Parliament Street police station just after a day. Police said they could not allow the students to stay at one place for 100 hours.