Penal action against JNU students : Left parties give notice in RS for discussion
Khalid and Kumar, both PhD students, were fined Rs. 20,000 and 10,000 on the recommendation of a university panel that investigated their role in a controversial rally, organised on the campus on February 9 in support of terrorist Afzal Guru. Khalid and Bhattacharya have been removed from the university for a semester. The students' union plans to protest the decision today on campus.
CPI lawmaker D Raja said the university's decision was a "revengeful act on students" and "not acceptable."
"Parliament cannot sit like mute spectators", he said.
Joining him, Sitaram Yechury of the CPI(M) said, "What happens in the university is our responsibility because we pass the act."
The students were arrested days after the February 9 event held to mark the anniversary of the 2013 hanging of Afzal Guru, during which controversial slogans were raised. They were released on bail a few weeks later.
The university has accused the students of "arousing communal caste feelings, creating disharmony and colluding in the unauthorized entry of outsiders".
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