JNUTA slams JNU for police complaint over sloganeering

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) on Wednesday strongly criticised the JNU administration for seeking police action over slogans raised at a students' event, calling it an attempt to "criminalise protest" and undermine the democratic ethos of the university.

- ANAMTA FATIMA

In a statement issued on January 7, the JNUTA said the administration, through the Chief Security Officer, had asked the Delhi Police to register an FIR over sloganeering at a JNU Students' Union (JNUSU)-organised programme marking six years of the January 5, 2020 campus violence. The teachers' body termed the move "ridiculous", pointing out that both the university administration and the police had failed to prevent the violence in 2020 and later claimed inability to identify those responsible.