New Delhi braces for more student protests after mob attacks

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said there was a general consensus that Parliament should run smoothly. Guru who was hanged in 2013, and the JNU event was to mark the anniversary of his execution.

Faced with mounting criticism for slapping sedition charges on Kanhaiya Kumar, Bassi asserted there was “adequate evidence” against him. “One more thing shouting anti-India slogans is not the only criteria for sedition…there are many other acts comes under the preview of that.as and when we will reach to any conclusion, we will share it with media”, a MHA source said. Pro-India slogans were raised by lawyers who called themselves “deshbhakts” and referred to those stopping them as “deshdrohi”.

Vikram Chauhan, a lawyer seen on camera attacking people on Monday, today climbed the gate of the court where Mr Kumar is due. Kumar was to appear at the court for a trial.

The journalist who alleged he was beaten on Wednesday accused the Delhi Police of being “mute spectators” during the violence, again, like on Monday.

The scribes also hit out at police for inaction on their part during the violence on Monday.

GUJ also condemns the statements of Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi for calling the brutal attack a “minor incident.’ Never can an attack on journalists in the field be considered ‘minor”.

His arrest has triggered a political storm.

Students hold a protest in the administrative block of JNU demanding the release of JNUSU chief Kanhaiya Kumar.

The letter dated February 11, a day ahead of the arrest of JNU students union President Kanhaiya Kumar, reads, “The Vice Chancellor has granted permission to the police force to enter JNU campus if need be and as you may deem fit”. Protesters initially chanted against the hanging of Guru but were quickly hushed by other student leaders, according to Hindustan Times. Left-supported students were also present at the venue.

“The crackdown signals an utter lack of judgment in the government, where ministers manage to manufacture a national crisis out of what were always, at best, minor affectations in student politics”, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a leading political commentator, wrote in the Indian Express newspaper. “And we know that this is not a problem for India alone”.

VC Jagdesh Kumar had yesterday claimed that he did not give a free hand to police to come on campus and pick up students.