JNU violence: Panjab University students disrupt Haryana speaker's address

A day after violence by some armed men at New Delhi's JNU, some students here at Panjab University disrupted the address of Haryana Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, who alleged that it was "a predetermined act" by those trying to "break the country".

Carrying banners, the students belonging to some Left-leaning student bodies, shouted slogans against the BJP, RSS and the ABVP when the Haryana speaker was addressing during a seminar on the topic, "Women's Participation in Decision-Making".

The protesting students were then taken out of the seminar hall by security personnel.

Later talking to the media, Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta described the students' protest "a predetermined act".

He, however, said, "Everybody has the right to speak, but in a decent way."
The chairperson of the National Commission for Women, Rekha Sharma, who also attended the seminar, said, "This is their wish. This is a free country. They (students) put forth their views."