Act against 'mischievous elements' in AMU, JNU: BJP leader Raina

Senior BJP leader Ravinder Raina Wednesday sought action against "mischievous elements" who are trying to defame the Aligarh Muslim University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University besides bringing a bad name to Jammu and Kashmir.

Raina, who is the president of BJP's J&K unit, however, did not identify the "mischievous elements".

"There are some mischievous elements in the AMU and the JNU who are trying to defame these institutions of learning. The name of Jammu and Kashmir crops up each time whenever there a controversy," he said.

Raina said he was pained over such happenings and asked for action against such "bad elements" so that the peaceful atmosphere is not vitiated.

He was replying to a question on the revocation of the suspension order of two Kashmiri students by the AMU on Tuesday.

Two Kashmiri students -- Wasim Ayub Malik and Abdul Hasib Meer -- were suspended last Friday for allegedly participating in an aborted Namaaz-e-Janaza (prayer meeting) in the university campus for slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant, Manan Bashir Wani.

Wani, an AMU student who quit his PhD course in Allied Geology and joined the militant ranks in January this year, was killed in an encounter in Kupwara district last week.

The BJP leader said, "A terrorist is a terrorist and anyone who supports him is a traitor."