Delhi: JNU administration seeks FIR after slogans against PM Modi, Amit Shah shouted on campus

The administration of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday wrote to the Delhi Police seeking the registration of a first information report after students allegedly shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a protest held on campus, The Indian Express reported.

The protest on Monday had been organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union to mark six years since a mob stormed the campus on January 5, 2020, leaving several students and teachers injured.

Videos of the alleged sloganeering during the protest had been circulated on social media.

In a letter to the Vasant Kunj (North) Police on Tuesday, the security department of the university said that a programme had been organised at about 10 pm a day earlier by students “associated with the JNUSU”.

The letter claimed that the gathering near the Sabarmati Hostel on campus initially appeared to commemorate the January 5, 2020, incident and about 30 to 35 students participated, The Telegraph reported.

However, the letter said that “the nature and tone of the gathering changed significantly” after the Supreme Court denied bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, who are accused of being part of an alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.

Subsequently, some students “began raising highly objectionable, provocative, and inflammatory slogans”, it added.

“Such an act reflects a wilful disrespect for...

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