However, when the other group didn’t relent and went ahead with the event, the ABVP supporters went ahead and protested, which led to the scuffle between the two student groups.
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The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration on Wednesday ordered a disciplinary inquiry into an event held on campus against the hanging of Afzal Guru despite cancellation of the permission for the same by the varsity. On Tuesday 10 students organized an event at the Sabarmati Dhaba against the execution of Afzal Guru and separatist leader Maqbool Bhat, and for Kashmiri’s right to “self-determination”. They also expressed solidarity with the “freedom struggle” of Kashmiris.
The incident happened after a group of students organised a programme and termed the hanging of the Parliament attack convict as “judicial killing”.
University officials said the act amounted to “indiscipline” as any talk about disintegration of nation can not be “national”, adding that a committee headed by the Chief Proctor of JNU would investigate the matter. “A four-member proctorial enquiry had been instituted headed by chief proctor Krishna Kumar. The varsity will take appropriate action based on the report”, JNU Vice-Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar said.
ABVP objected to the event and wrote to the JNU vice- chancellor that such marches should not be held on a university campus, prompting the university administration to order cancellation of the march as they “feared” that it might “disrupt” peace on campus. “How could we allow them to organise an anti-Indian programme”, The daily quoted JNU registrar Bupinder Zutshi as saying.
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While the organisers originally got permission to hold the event, it was withdrawn after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) complained to the administration.
