Amit Shah tells Delhi LG to fix problem at JNU
New Delhi, Jan 06: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah has asked the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal to intervene following the violence at JNU. He asked the LG to speak with the representatives of the JNU and find a solution to the problem.
On Sunday Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Baijal to restore order on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus after violence erupted there and the LG said he has directed police to take action against the perpetrators.
'Spoke
to
Hon'ble
LG
and
urged
him
to
direct
police
to
restore
order.
He
has
assured
that
he
is
closely
monitoring
the
situation
and
taking
all
necessary
steps,' Kejriwal
tweeted.
Shortly
after
the
tweet,
Baijal
condemned
the
violence
and
said
he
has
directed
police
to
take
all
possible
steps
to
maintain
law
and
order.
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'The violence in JNU against students and teachers is highly condemnable. Directed @DelhiPolice to take all possible steps in coordination with the JNU administration to maintain law and order & take action against the perpetrators of violence. The situation is being closely monitored,' the LG said in a tweet.
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In another tweet, Kejriwal said he was shocked to know about the violence on JNU campus.
'I am so shocked to know abt the violence at JNU. Students attacked brutally. Police shud immediately stop violence and restore peace. How will the country progress if our students will not be safe inside univ campus?' the chief minister said.
Members of JNU Students' Union and ABVP clashed on the university campus Sunday evening, sources said, adding it happened during a public meeting organised by JNU Teachers' Association.
The students' union claimed its president Aishe Ghosh and many other students were injured in stone-pelting by ABVP members. But the RSS-backed students' organisation alleged its members were brutally attacked by Left-affiliated student outfits and 25 of them were injured.
Reacting to the violence, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged the BJP was 'ruining' this country and hooliganism was at its peak under its rule.
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'Seeing this picture of JNU woman Prof. Suchitra Sen ji is heart-wrenching. What has the BJP made of JNU. It is the same university from where the country's finance and foreign ministers and thousands of other jewels come from. The BJP is ruining this country,' senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh tweeted in Hindi.
In another tweet, he said, 'The attack on JNU president Aishe Ghosh and General Secretary Satish Chandra Yadav is a challenge to the youth of the country. Where is the Delhi police. Hooliganism is at its peak in the BJP regime'.