Jamia University BBC Documentary: Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended classes today (Friday) on the request of students and faculty members. This information has been given by the administration of the university. The university also clarified that the suspension of classes has nothing to do with Wednesday’s protest.
An official statement said, “It is clarified that the suspension of classes has nothing to do with the protest. On the demand of teachers busy in organizing Republic Day programs in their respective Faculties/Departments/Centres for the last three days.” The Vice-Chancellor has taken this decision. Considering the demand of the teachers and students, the Vice-Chancellor has decided to suspend the classes and give a day’s leave. Tomorrow the university will open as usual. To watch live telecast of Hon’ble Prime Minister’s exam For this also arrangements have been made at three places in the university.
Questions raised on the decision of the university
The university has announced a one-day holiday, but questions are now being raised on this decision. Some students of the university believe that four activists of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) were detained on Wednesday and have been discharged today in view of the students’ protest against them.
Was the holiday announced because of this?
In fact, a protest was held on the campus on Wednesday against the detention of four activists of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), hours before the proposed screening of the controversial BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”. The government recently directed social media platforms to block links to the BBC documentary.
Screening of the documentary was also to be held in Jamia
The Students’ Federation of India announced a screening of “India: The Modi Question” at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University on Wednesday after issuing directions to block links to the documentary. A day after the uproar over the screening of a BBC documentary at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), SFI activists were detained.
What happened in JNU?
On Tuesday, the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration cut off electricity and internet, allegedly to prevent the students’ union from screening a controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi. The students later staged a protest and claimed that the stones were pelted while they were watching the documentary on their mobile phones. Some alleged that the attackers were members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). At the same time, the protesting students reached the Vasant Kunj police station late night raising slogans of “Inquilab Zindabad” and gave a complaint against those who pelted stones.
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