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JNU Protest: HRD Minister Confined Inside University Campus For Over 5 Hours As Students Laid Siege At Varsity Gates
Students protesting in the JNU campus (Twitter/@DrVivekChouksey)
Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' was on Monday (11 November) confined within the Jawaharlal Nehru University premises for over five hours as hundreds of students laid a virtual siege at the campus, protesting outside the varsity gate against a hike in fees and some other decisions taken by the JNU administration.
Pokhriyal who reached JNU at around 11 am was escorted out of the campus at about 4 pm after hours of confinement, when top police officials, including Special Commissioner R S Krishnia entered the premises.
Earlier, the police and central paramilitary forces, who were deployed in strength, used water cannons to disperse the students but they remained steadfast for hours.
The protests took place at a time when the varsity was hosting a convocation where Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, and Pokhriyal were present. While Naidu left after delivering the lecture, Pokhriyal was stuck there for hours.
The students' union had called for a boycott of the convocation and demanded rollback of the hostel draft manual and fee hike proposed by the administration.
(With inputs from IANS)
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