JNU protest: Political slugfest over the JNU row spiked today with BJP chief Amit Shah accusing Rahul Gandhi of backing "anti-nationals" and the Congress leader hitting back saying the saffron party was promoting a "divide and hatred" agenda. Police, meanwhile, claimed the student leader charged with sedition had raised anti-India slogans. On their part, the JNU students stepped up their agitation by boycotting classes demanding unconditional release of students union president Kanhaiya Kumar. The teachers association of the premier institute has rallied behind the agitating students but have not struck work. (PTI) -
Union Budget 2016: With the presentation of the Union Budget 2016 on 29th February now just a week away, a tough fight has been promised by the Opposition parties to PM Narendra Modi over the ongoing protests, especially at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus. Here is what the Opposition said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led NDA government can expect in Parliament (session starts 23rd February):
JNU protest: Singh had yesterday claimed the event at JNU to protest the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had received "support" from LeT founder Hafiz Saeed. Speaking on the the raging controversy for the first time, Shah targeted Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi alleging he was supporting "anti-nationals" and wondered whether he wanted another "division" of India. (PTI) -
8. Union Budget 2016: After the meeting, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said,"we have said that we will cooperate in the passage of the essential bills, which are in the interest of the nation, and for fulfilling people's aspiration. We will support on merit basis only those measures on which there is a general consensus." Azad said that a number of incidents have happened in recent times, which are "agitating" the minds of people like the incident in JNU, bashing up of journalists in court premises and a dalit scholar's suicide in Hyderabad. "All these issues need to be discussed threadbare," he insisted. (PTI)
JNU protest: "Are you not encouraging traitors by protesting in support of these anti-nationals?", Shah wrote in a blog. Addressing a party meeting in Assam's Sonitpur district, Rahul returned fire saying BJP wanted to control everyone's views. "The BJP and RSS are following an agenda of creating divide and hatred, as can be seen from the recent developments in JNU, by imposing their views forcibly on people." (PTI) -
JNU protest: Kanhaiya was arrested on Friday in connection with a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy registered over holding of the event at the varsity during which anti-India slogans were alleged to have been raised. When asked about alleged links between Kashmir militants and the JNU students who were suspected to be involved in the incident, Bassi said, "Kanhaiya's interrogation will be analysed for terror links and the police are looking for some other students who all went absconding after the incident but will soon be arrested." (PTI)
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Union Budget 2016: With the presentation of the Union Budget 2016 on 29th February now just a week away, a tough fight has been promised by the Opposition parties to PM Narendra Modi over the ongoing protests, especially at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus. Here is what the Opposition said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led NDA government can expect in Parliament (session starts 23rd February):
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4. Union Budget 2016: The JNU row was raised by several opposition leaders and government assured them that a date for the debate on the issue will in all probability be decided on the opening day of the session itself. There is a view in BJP that a debate on the JNU row will revolve around the issue of nationalism which will work to its advantage. (PTI)
JNU protest: Controversial Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi was, meanwhile, not allowed to enter the JNU campus. She spent some time with the ABVP activists outside one of the gates of the varsity. Later, speaking to reporters, she attacked Rahul and even demanded that his membership of the Lok Sabha be terminated for supporting anti-national elements. Meanwhile, JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar appealed to the students to not to go on strike or engage in protests so academic functioning of the university is not hampered. (PTI) -
JNU protest: "We also stand for free expression of ideas but I believe there is no need for strikes as the problem can be solved amicably. We are reaching out to the entire JNU community to see how the problem can be addressed but academic functioning of the university is of prime importance and should not be hampered," he told reporters. While the teachers association of the university has raised questions over the VC allowing a police crackdown on campus, Kumar said he was bound by the "law of land". "I never invited the police to enter the campus and pick our students. We only provided whatever cooperation was needed as per the law of land. We were bound to do so," he added. (PTI)
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