JNUSU press conference updates: ABVP members attacked women students and union office-bearers last week, alleges student body

Ashok Gehlot calls for judicial inquiry into JNU violence

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday questioned the role of police in the violence that erupted on JNU campus last week and demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident.

He alleged that masked goons entered the varsity premises on January 5 under police supervision to strike terror and that police personnel provided safe passage to the attackers for escape.  “Police escorted masked goons. Police officers should have been terminated for this,” PTI reported him as saying.

Security was not available on campus during 5 January attack, claims Aishe Ghosh

The students union also claimed that security guards were unavailable during the attack on 5 January.  " Security girads were not available the entire time," said Aishe Ghosh. “Plainclothes police have been present on campus since 1 December. as requested by the administration. Why did the police in civil clothes not have information regarding the attack?” she asked

ABVP attacked women students, alleges JNUSU

The JNUSU also alleged that the RSS-affiliated ABVP was involved in attacking women students and JNUSU office-bearers last week.

The students’ union said the ABVP members hit women students even on 4 January  and when JNUSU general secretary Satish Chandra Yadav intervened, they attacked him as well. “Attackers targeted specific rooms in Sabarmati Hostel and even threw students from balcony, but did not touch the room of an ABVP activist,” it added.

Will never pay hostel fees, says JNUSU president

“We will never pay hostel fees and will continue fighting till decision changed,” said Aishe Ghosh, while calling on students to pay registration fees. She also said the JNUSU condemned the hostel audit  to be conducted by the administration and called for elected representative of hostels and students to boycott any such checking of hostels.

Aishe Ghosh counters JNU administrations claims of servers being damaged

Aishe Ghosh also countered the administrations claims that the protesting students had attacked the servers and damaged the optic fibre wires to prevent students from registering and claimed that the registration process had continued.

Why is CCTV footage not available, questions Aishe Ghosh 

“Najeeb (Jung) couldn’t be traced because lack of CCTV cameras. Now that cameras are installed on the campus, why is the administration unable to show CCTV footage from the JNU gate?,” asked JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh.

JNUSU president categorically singled out, says student

Explaining the videos being shown by the students union, a student said that they pertained to the time between 6.30 pm to 7.45 pm. She added that the lights went off and then masked assailants attacked he students. “;JNUSU president was categorically singled out,” said the student.

Neither the university administration nor the police have named any ABVP students, says JNUSU

Neither the university administration nor the police have named any ABVP students, says JNUSU. Referring to the press conference held by the Delhi Police on Friday, the union representatives alleged that it was held during the primary stages of the investigation only to protect the ABVP. The student body also questioned the authenticity of the videos and pictures being used by the Delhi Police as evidence.

Police ignored messages about mob’s presence on campus, claims JNUSU

Police were informed about mob’s presence on campus much before incident on 5 January, but they ignored messages, claims JNU Students’ Union

JNU V-C tried to justify attack, says Saket Moon

Moon also claimed that the video had been re- tweeted by JNU V-C, with a caption which said that Left students were the attackers. “This is an attempt to justify the attack,” he added.

ABVP members attacked students, claims JNUSU vice president

Addressing the media, JNUSU vice president Saket Moon claimed that ABVP activists attacked students on 5 January.

" Sarvender and Om Prakash, two ABVP members along with Sandip Kumar Singh, a former student and currently an ad hoc faculty at  Delhi University were attacking an activist Vivek Pandey, the video of which was shared by Prasar Bharti on Twitter," he said.

Delhi Police identifies 37 of 60 members of ‘Unity Against Left’ WhatsApp group

Delhi Police has identified 37 individuals of the 60-member WhatsApp group named ‘Unity Against Left’ which authorities believe is linked to last week’s attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University students and faculty, reports said.

According to a NDTV report , Delhi Police sources claimed that of the 37 identified,10 are from outside JNU. According to the Delhi Police, the group was created against the Left parties on 5 January, the day when violence broke out in the university premises.

Pinarayi Vijayan met JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh

Earlier in the day, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan met JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh at Kerala House in New Delhi and expressed solidarity with their protest and also gifted her a book, ‘Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi’ by Sudhanva Deshpande, reports PTI. 

 “The whole country is with the JNUSU in their fight for justice. Everyone knows about your protest and also about what has happened to you in the fight for justice,” Vijayan told Ghosh after enquiring about her health and that of other students, who were injured in the attack on 5 January.

JNUSU press conference to start at 4.30 pm

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union, from its official Twitter handle, said that it would hold a press conference about the 5 January attacks on students, teachers at the unviersity’s Sabarmati lawns at 4.30 pm on Saturday. 

“We urge you again to attend the press conference for a clear explanation of events, and the complicity of the VC and his allies,” it said in another tweet.