In Pics: Students Brave Cop Crackdown & CRPF to March for JNU

The students demand a rollback of a steep hike in hostel fees and an end to regressive dress codes and curfews.

CRPF personnel attempt to stop a JNU student from crossing the barricades during a protest march towards Parliament, on the first day of the Winter Session, in New Delhi, Monday 18 November.

(Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary)

Delhi Police on Monday, 18 November, used force against JNU students while they were taking out a protest march to Parliament against hostel fee hikes and other restrictive rules. Police attempted to stop their march using barricades, leading to clashes. Traffic was paralysed in the city as thousands of students marched towards Parliament on the first day of Winter Session.

Jawaharlal Nehru University students try to get past police barricades during a protest march towards Parliament, on the first day of the Winter Session, demanding a total rollback of the hostel fee hike, in New Delhi, Monday, 18 November.

Police also clashed with students outside Safdarjung tomb near Jor Bagh. While the students alleged that they were lathi-charged by police after street lights were turned off, top police officials denied having used any force.

According to the police, around 30 police personnel and 15 students were injured during the protests, in which thousands of students participated from different universities across the national capital. However students confirm at least a hundred students were injured in the clashes. The students have been protesting for nearly three weeks against the draft hostel manual, which has provisions for a steep hostel fee hike, a ‘regressive’ dress code and restrictive curfew timings.

Jawaharlal Nehru University students during a protest march towards Parliament, on the first day of the Winter Session, in New Delhi, Monday 18, November.

Vehicles wait in a traffic jam near AIIMS as thousands of Jawaharlal Nehru University students, carrying placards and chanting slogans, marched towards Parliament on the first day of the Winter Session, in New Delhi, Monday, 18 November. 

Police personnel attempt to disperse JNU students during a protest demanding a total roll back of the hostel fee hike, in New Delhi, Monday, 18 November.

Jawaharlal Nehru University students block a road as they protest demanding a total roll back of the hostel fee hike, in New Delhi, Monday, 18 November.

Students are resorting to use of graffiti to voice their concerns inside JNU campus

Resignation of VC Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar is one of the key demands by JNU students.

Students demand complete roll back of the hiked fees as they allege at least 40 percent of students wouldn’t be able to afford the new fee structure. 

JNU Student admitted in AIIMS following alleged lathi-charge by Delhi Police.

Students protested into the night as Delhi Police tries to clear them to free the roads.

Students of School of Computer and System Sciences pledged their support against the new hostel manual. 

(With inputs and photos from PTI)