2 JNU professors not invited to attend varsity's executive council meeting

The JNU Teachers' Association accused the varsity's administration of not inviting two executive council members to the emergent meeting of the decision-making body convened on Wednesday.

However, sources in the administration said an inquiry was ordered in the last executive council meeting against the two professors and that is why they were not invited.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association or JNUTA said professors Sachidanand Sinha and DK Lobiyal were not invited to the executive council meeting.

The JNUTA had written a letter in this regard to the administration on March 19.

The decision to debar statutory members from meetings of these bodies is a gross violation of the statutory provisions, the JNUTA said.

Sources in the administration said the two professors had participated in protest meetings of the JNUTA outside the administration building, which is a forbidden area for protests.

Sources said an inquiry was ordered against them in the last meeting in February and till the conclusion of the inquiry they are barred from attending meetings.