JNU will remain open and give shelter to riot victims: JNUSU

We all want peace and harmony in Delhi. People need to be provided help: JNU V-C

NEW DELHI: Warned by the JNU registrar against providing shelter to the Delhi violence victims on the varsity campus, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) remained defiant on Saturday, saying humanity supercedes "administrative threats".

The students' union also said the varsity will always remain open for sheltering the "victims of state oppression".

In a notice issued earlier, the university administration has warned of disciplinary action against students found involved in efforts to provide shelter to the victims of the violence.

"JNU was open for shelter in 1984, it shall remain open for shelter today. It shall always remain open for sheltering the victims of state oppression," the JNUSU said in a tweet.

"The JNU administration has threatened us with disciplinary action if we provide shelter to those who have lost everything in the Delhi Genocide 2020. Nevertheless, we reiterate, JNU is a safe shelter for the victims of this pogrom. Humanity supersedes administrative threats," it said.

Meanwhile, JNU ViceChancellor (V-C) M Jagadesh Kumar had said the students can collect items from the JNU community to distribute them among the affected people and the varsity administration will support them.

"We all want peace and harmony in Delhi. People need to be provided help," he said.

"Some students of JNU gave a call that JNU is open for sheltering outsiders. It is the same students who (had) said that outsiders were responsible for the incidents that happened in the campus last month," he added, referring to the attack on JNU students by an armed mob on January 5.

Kumar said the safety and security of the students is the utmost priority of the university administration.