After Supreme Court refused the bail plea of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) chief Kanhaiya, the students resumed the protests.
Various student organizations would be mobilized for a solidarity march at Delhi University (DU) today.
After the students conducted the march on Thursday at Jantar Mantar, several student communities are confident of Kanhaiya’s bail. That is the reason, even no events were planned yesterday, in the anticipation of the celebrations.
Speaking on the issue, JNUSU vice-president Shehla Rashid Shora, said, “We have just learnt that the SC has transferred Kanhaiya’s bail plea to the High Court. It is a little sad for the student community as everyone was expecting to see him back in the campus today, but hopefully he will come back on Monday. We are also concerned about his safety due to repeated attacks in the lower court.”
Condemning the attacks led by advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan, Shora demanded an action against him.
“It is worrisome that innocent students are being put in jail while actual perpetrators of violence are being felicitated. We demand that action be taken against him,” she said, adding that the sedition law should be repealed.
Supporting the students, journalist P Sainath said, “They should be “shocked but not surprised” at the events unfolding at the university.
“You’re fighting against the criminalisation of dissent… Events in JNU and elsewhere may be shocking and repulsive but they are not surprising, because this is who they are. Today, we have an RSS pracharak with a majority as the prime minister, so they’re bringing out their inner selves.”
He further believed in students to carry on the momentum. “I cannot tell you that it’s going to get better. It will get worse before it gets better. But I have enormous faith in the students of JNU. It is fantastic the way in which different ideologies have got together for this fight. Don’t let your guard down, don’t break your unity,” he said.
Sainath thanked JNU saying, “This university taught me to live for something beyond myself. It taught me that a career is not a resume and success is not a spreadsheet. While I’m with you always, don’t forget about the struggle in other campuses.”
By Phani Ch
