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IIITH condemns JNU attacks 

Extending solidarity with Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students, the Students’ Parliament of IIIT Hyderabad demanded prompt and appropriate action against the perpetrators. Condemning the attack on JNU students and faculty by armed goons, students and academicians formed a human chain at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram on 10 January and demanded the removal of JNU Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar from office. The protestors also condemned the cases booked against JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh.

Students’ Parliament, comprising of an elected body of representatives of all sections of students in IIITH from B.Tech, B.Tech Dual degree, M.Tech, MS by Research and Ph.D students issued a joint statement condemning the attacks at JNU. 

The note stated, “The Students of IIIT Hyderabad strongly condemn the recent attack against unarmed students and faculty of Jawaharlal Nehru University by masked and armed goons. We stand in solidarity with JNU and demand prompt and appropriate action against the perpetrators,” read the statement.

It further added “We, fellow students and responsible citizens of the country stand in defence of our academic spaces and in solidarity with the students who have stood up and will not be complicit in the takeover of our educational institutions by a reign of terror. We demand a prompt and impartial inquiry into the events of January 5, 2020 that will hold not just the perpetrators of the attack, but the administration and the police accountable as well.”

“In our country including Jamia Milia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University shows an alarming trend of university administrations failing to provide a secure environment to their students and the police using unwarranted and excessive force”.

Our country has had a culture in which educational institutions are safe and free spaces for learning, discussions, debate, and dissent. These characteristics make universities the lifeblood of democracy and the culture of fear that is being created is a threat to the fundamentals of the constitution and the ideals of our nation,”