NEW DELHI: A gaggle of Jamia Millia Islamia students allegedly raised ‘provocative’ slogans relating to Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah within the campus on Tuesday, leading to a ruckus at the campus gates. The incident followed the row at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh over the presence of a portrait of Jinnah of their campus.
Around 25 folks marched to protest the “discrimination towards Hindu students”, and the “presence of Jinnah fanatics” within the campus. The protesters reached the Jamia campus round five.30 pm, when semester assessments and front exams have been still underway.
“They have been raising slogans like ‘Jinnah premi desh chhoro’ (Jinnah fanatics depart the rustic), and ‘Hinduon ka apmaan nahi sahega Hindustan’ (Hindustan won’t tolerate insult towards Hindus),” said Mohammad Tasleem, a scholar TOI spoke to. “Some of the students were given angry at the allegations that the people at Jamia disrespect the Hindu students. This led to an issue and a scuffle took place.”
Some students alleged that all of the protesters have been from Jamia. “Most of them have been outsiders. Exams are going on within the college, and their purpose was to disrupt the atmosphere,” said Laraib Ahmed, a 2d 12 months masters scholar.
Hundreds of scholars then later assembled at Gate quantity 7 of the campus, raising slogans towards the ‘outsiders’ who got here to the campus. “Any Jamia scholar who was part of the protest, intending to malign the secular identify of Jamia, they will have to be banned from the campus,” Tasleem said.
He added that one scholar, Rahul Tiwari, was part of the protest and had posted on his Facebook wall on Tuesday. “He attempted to incite violence, via writing that supporters of Jinnah will have to meet him the place he would beat them up,” Ahmed said.
Responding to the allegations, Tiwari said, “Many complain about how Jamia students don’t permit house for trade views and incessantly threaten them. It is to protest this that the Hindu students of Jamia got here out as of late as their views will have to additionally topic to the management.”
On the Facebook publish written via him, Tiwari said, “It was a rhetorical commentary. We had protested towards Jinnah fanatics within the campus and was hoping that we don’t find any.”
The Jamia management got here out with a commentary, asking to maintain the campus peace in order that assessments can take place very easily. “Since the incident took place outside the gates of the campus, we will’t do anything in this,” it said.
Around 25 folks marched to protest the “discrimination towards Hindu students”, and the “presence of Jinnah fanatics” within the campus. The protesters reached the Jamia campus round five.30 pm, when semester assessments and front exams have been still underway.
“They have been raising slogans like ‘Jinnah premi desh chhoro’ (Jinnah fanatics depart the rustic), and ‘Hinduon ka apmaan nahi sahega Hindustan’ (Hindustan won’t tolerate insult towards Hindus),” said Mohammad Tasleem, a scholar TOI spoke to. “Some of the students were given angry at the allegations that the people at Jamia disrespect the Hindu students. This led to an issue and a scuffle took place.”
Some students alleged that all of the protesters have been from Jamia. “Most of them have been outsiders. Exams are going on within the college, and their purpose was to disrupt the atmosphere,” said Laraib Ahmed, a 2d 12 months masters scholar.
Hundreds of scholars then later assembled at Gate quantity 7 of the campus, raising slogans towards the ‘outsiders’ who got here to the campus. “Any Jamia scholar who was part of the protest, intending to malign the secular identify of Jamia, they will have to be banned from the campus,” Tasleem said.
He added that one scholar, Rahul Tiwari, was part of the protest and had posted on his Facebook wall on Tuesday. “He attempted to incite violence, via writing that supporters of Jinnah will have to meet him the place he would beat them up,” Ahmed said.
Responding to the allegations, Tiwari said, “Many complain about how Jamia students don’t permit house for trade views and incessantly threaten them. It is to protest this that the Hindu students of Jamia got here out as of late as their views will have to additionally topic to the management.”
On the Facebook publish written via him, Tiwari said, “It was a rhetorical commentary. We had protested towards Jinnah fanatics within the campus and was hoping that we don’t find any.”
The Jamia management got here out with a commentary, asking to maintain the campus peace in order that assessments can take place very easily. “Since the incident took place outside the gates of the campus, we will’t do anything in this,” it said.
After AMU, ruckus in Jamia over Jinnah
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