New Delhi: Hours after masked assailants attacked teachers and students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Sunday. JNU Students Union (JNUSU) has demanded the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar.
JNU Attack Live Updates
# Mamata Banerjee on JNU attack
#JNUViolence : Fascist surgical strike on students, says @MamataOfficial pic.twitter.com/ujhL5058PF
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) January 6, 2020
# Briefing by Congress party
LIVE: Special Congress Party briefing by @PChidambaram_IN and @rssurjewala at AICC HQ. https://t.co/FKS3jO0Czo
— Congress Live (@INCIndiaLive) January 6, 2020
# Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on JNU violence: I was reminded of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Investigation is needed to find out who were these masked attackers.
# Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi: Students who raised anti-India slogans should be put behind the bars or not? But Kejriwal (Delhi CM) is not giving sanction to Police to prosecute them.
#WATCH HM Amit Shah in Delhi: AAP and Congress,especially Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are misleading the minorities of the country. Nobody’s citizenship will be revoked under #CAA, its an act to give citizenship. These parties are responsible for the riots which broke out. pic.twitter.com/N8uLLM0Gu0
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2020
# Dhananjay Singh, JNU Chief Proctor: It is very unfortunate that there has been unabated violence in the University. We had a very good meeting today with the secretary of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Efforts are on to normalise the university.
# Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi: Yesterday’s bone chilling attack on students and teachers in JNU, Delhi is a grim reminder of the extent the Govt will go to stifle and subjugate every voice of dissent.
# HM Amit Shah: The AAP Govt in Delhi has caused the most harm to the poor of Delhi. Kejriwal ji just for his political interests is not allowing Ayushman Bharat scheme to be implemented. Ppl have now seen through you Kejriwal ji, AAP was wiped out in MCD and Lok Sabha polls.
# All of us should show restraint, both in reporting and in sensationalising things. It is a very unfortunate incident, the Home Ministry has ordered an enquiry and I am confident that once the facts come out, appropriate & the severest action will be taken in the matter.
All of us should show restraint, both in reporting and in sensationalising things. It is a very unfortunate incident, the Home Ministry has ordered an enquiry and I am confident that once the facts come out, appropriate & the severest action will be taken in the matter. pic.twitter.com/cvxUs6jKhF
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) January 6, 2020
# ABVP on JNU Attack
As reported by @Piyush_mi, at 00:16 in the video, President of JNUSU and leader of the masked left thugs Aishe Ghosh can be seen making appearance and leading the Red Goons. Anymore doubt left as to who really are the masked goons spreading terror on JNU campus? #LeftAttacksJNU pic.twitter.com/X7fC1VdoBh
— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) January 6, 2020
# JNU Violence
JNU हिंसा का जिम्मेदार कौन?, आयशी घोष नकाबपोशों के संग दिखीं, आखिर सच क्या है? pic.twitter.com/oxamFFsit8
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) January 6, 2020
# JNUTA writes to the President demanding the removal of JNU VC
# Smriti Irani on JNU attack
JNU हिंसा को लेकर सांसद और मंत्रियों ने क्या कहा.. देखिए
Read More in Hindi: https://t.co/2z1jTgxwo5
English: https://t.co/HFdeOrOF6m pic.twitter.com/vPeNbqIuPZ— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) January 6, 2020
# Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal issues summons to Police over assault on female students inside the JNU campus yesterday.
# Delhi police has registered an FIR at Vasant Kunj (North) Police Station in connection with the violence that took place in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Sunday. Police also said that social media and CCTV footages will be part of the investigation.
# Progressive Democratic Students Union(PDSU) activists protest in Osmania University
Hyderabad: Progressive Democratic Students Union(PDSU) activists protest in Osmania University against yesterday’s #JNUViolence pic.twitter.com/un69Gtl3vU
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2020
# Union Minister Prakash Javadekar: We condemn the violence in JNU. This needs to be investigated. Congress, Communists, AAP and some elements want to create environment of violence in universities across the country.
# National Students’ Union of India(NSUI) to protest at Arts Faculty, North Campus in Delhi University at 2 pm today, against yesterday’s
# Police outside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) main gate; Devendra Arya, DCP (South-West) also present .
Delhi: Police outside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) main gate; Devendra Arya, DCP (South-West) also present . pic.twitter.com/47xs5dmfQP
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2020
# R. Meena, senior warden of Sabarmati Hostel of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has resigned stating, ‘we tried but could not provide security to hostel.
# Dr. Rajesh Malhotra,AIIMS Trauma Centre Chief: All 34 JNU students who were admitted to hospital for treatment yesterday, have been discharged
# A student of JNU who was leaving the campus on Monday morning said that people from outside had attacked those in the campus and the situation was still grim in the university.
“People came from outside, armed with sticks and rods. The situation is grim in the University. So, I am leaving the campus for now”, a research scholar told ANI.
# JNU Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar: They need not fear about their process. The top priority of the University is to protect the academic interests of our students.
# JNU Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar: Would like to appeal to all students to maintain peace. University stands by all the students to facilitate their pursuit of academic activities. We will ensure that their winter semester registration will take place without any hindrance.
# Meeting underway at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence over yesterday’s JNU Violence Senior Aam Admi Party leaders and Delhi ministers present in the meeting.
# Latest visuals from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) main gate.
Delhi: Latest visuals from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) main gate. Violence broke out in the campus yesterday evening in which more than 20 people were injured. pic.twitter.com/45Zmv8Pnm2
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2020
# Scores of students continued their protest at the Gateway of India here on Monday against the violence which broke out at the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi on January 5.
Mumbai: Students continue to protest outside Gateway of India against yesterday’s violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). #Maharashtra https://t.co/6uNb1f9iZR pic.twitter.com/6p2sikQLgl
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2020
# Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party leader Digvijaya Singh has criticised the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
# Delhi police have received multiple complaints in connection with Sunday’s violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in which over a dozen students and faculty members were injured.
# Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday condemned the acts of violence against students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi and said that judicial inquiry of the incident can be done to ascertain facts about the incident.
# Communist Party of India (CPI) (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Monday said that police assured actions against the perpetrators of violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus after meeting Delhi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) MS Randhawa on Monday.
# Bollywood celebrities including actors Riteish Deshmukh and Shabana Azmi took to social media to condemn the rampage carried out by a masked mob on the students and teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday.
# JNU students demand medical assistance, arrest of goons after delegation meets Delhi Police PRO.
# ‘Delhi police, go back’ slogans raised during the flag march conducted by police inside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus.
#WATCH Delhi: ‘Delhi police, go back’ slogans raised during the flag march conducted by police inside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus. pic.twitter.com/w5OYN3DAo0
— ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2020
# Delhi Police conducts flag march inside JNU campus after the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University yesterday.
Delhi Police conducts flag march inside JNU campus after the violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University yesterday. pic.twitter.com/arJhkPMd8T
— ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2020
JNU Attack
Earlier on Sunday evening, more than 18 students of the university, including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, were injured and were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the JNU and attacked them and professors with sticks and rods.