JNU Students' Union has announced that it will hold a protest march to the Ministry of Human Resource Development here on Thursday, demanding the removal of the varsity's Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar. Though the students have held various protests and online campaigns using the hashtag "#notourvc" inside the campus, this is the first time a demand for removal of the Vice Chancellor will be raised outside the campus.

"Our principal demand would be the removal of the VC from his office," JNUSU Joint Secretary Shubhanshu Singh told PTI. Ever since the announcement of compulsory attendance, the students have been resorting to various ways of protest against the university establishment. The stand-off between students and the Vice Chancellor escalated on February 8 when the administration made 75 per cent attendance mandatory for availing scholarships and fellowships.