Sonia Gandhi terms violence in JNU as ‘deplorable’ & ‘unacceptable’, demands judicial probe

In a statement issued here, Gandhi said,’’the voice of India’s youth & students is being muzzled everyday. The horrifying and unprecedented violence unleashed on India’s young by goons with active abetment of the ruling Modi Government is deplorable and unacceptable.''

''The entire Congress Party stands in solidarity with India’s youth and students. We strongly deprecate the sponsored violence in JNU yesterday and demand an independent judicial inquiry,” she said.

Blaming the BJP Government at the Centre for the violence in the JNU campus, the Congress chief said,’’ Everyday campuses and colleges are raided across India, either by the police or lumpen elements with the support of the BJP government.

Yesterday’s bone chilling attack on students and teachers in JNU, Delhi is a grim reminder of the extent the Govt will go to stifle and subjugate every voice of dissent. Students and youth need affordable education, a deserving job, a promising future and a right to participate in our thriving democracy. Sadly, Modi Government seeks to suffocate and restrain each one of these aspirations.’’

Several students and teachers of JNU were injured in an attack in the university campus by masked goons on Sunday evening.