‘Can’t be labs of hate’: JNU vows strict action over anti-PM slogans; FIR filed against students | India News
NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday warned it would take the “strictest action” against students who raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah during a campus protest, stating that the university “can’t be laboratory of hate.”Sharing a post on X, the university said, “An FIR has already been lodged in connection with the incident. The administration has vowed the strictest action against students found raising objectionable slogans against the Prime Minister and the Home Minister.”The university underlined that while freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental right, universities are centres of learning and innovation and cannot be allowed to become spaces for hatred. It added that any form of violence, unlawful conduct or activities that undermine national unity will not be tolerated.The statement followed an incident on Monday night when a group of students raised slogans against Modi and Shah during a protest on the JNU campus. The protest started hours after the Supreme Court declined to grant bail to former JNU students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case.
