JNU cancels students' protest against Afzal Guru hanging

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 09 2016 | 9:07 PM IST
A plan of few JNU students to hold a protest march against the hanging of Afzal guru was foiled by the university authorities, who ordered cancellation of it as they "feared" that the march might "disrupt" peace on campus.
The student organisers had pasted posters across the campus inviting them to gather for a protest march against "judicial killing of Afzal Guru" and in solidarity with "struggle" of Kashmiri migrants, at varsity's Sabarmati dhaba.
Members of the ABVP objected to the event and wrote to the Vice Chancellor that such kind of marches should not be held on campus of an educational institution, prompting the university administration to order cancellation of the march.
"Earlier we were told that it is going to be a cultural programme. When I got to know that it is a protest, we decided to cancel the programme as it is administration's responsibility to ensure peace and calm on campus," JNU VC Jagdeesh Kumar told PTI.
The students protesting against holding of the march had gathered at the venue and shouted slogans but the varsity officials ensured no untoward incident takes place.
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ABVP's Saurabh Sharma, who had objected to organisation of last year's controversial programme, alleged, "We did not organise today's programme as the administration denied permission but it is a shame that the authorities were unable to stop the other protest on Kashmir issue where slogans that 'Kashmir is burning' were also shouted.
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First Published: Feb 09 2016 | 9:07 PM IST

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