JNU Denies Reports of Rustication of Five Students

Media reports, on Monday had said the proctoral panel had recommended the rustication of five students.

Students agitating for the release of Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar at JNU. (Photo: PTI)

Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday denied media reports that a high-level inquiry committee had recommended the rustication of five students from the university.

It is not true. Not at all...What the panel has recommended is a different issue. I’ve just received the report and will review it when the time comes. The students have been issued showcause notices in which there are different clauses. But the media reports are not true. The quantum of punishment will be decided once I receive the responses to the showcause (notices).

<b>Ashok Dimri, Chief Proctor</b>

Media reports, on Monday said the panel had recommended the rustication of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and two other students for their alleged role in raising “anti-national” slogans on the campus on 9 February.

Meanwhile, the JNU Teachers Association also said the media reports on rustication were false.

These reports are completely false. The teaching community is going to demand from the JNU administration to set up an inquiry and find out who leaked the rumours in media. We want the media organisations which carried the report to disclose the name of the person who said this.

<b>Professor Bikramaditya Chaudhury, General Secretary, JNUTA</b>

On Monday, 21 students were issued the showcause notices.

I am not authorised to speak on this matter (rustication). Speak to the vice chancellor or the public relations officer. They are the right people (to talk). A lot has been published wrongly in the newspapers... One should check their facts and do their homework before publishing anything.

<b>Professor Rakesh Bhatnagar</b>