Why did you allow police on campus? Chomsky to JNU VC

February 21, 2016

New Delhi, Feb 21: Renowned thinker and academician Noam Chomsky has questioned JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar's decision to allow police on its campus in connection with the row over an event there against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.Noam Chomsky

"Many of us remain very concerned about the crisis in JNU, which was apparently created and precipitated by the government and university administration with no credible evidence of any seditious activities on campus.

"Why did you allow the police on campus when it is clear that this was not legally required?" Chomsky said in an email today to the JNU VC.

Students and teachers are protesting against the alleged "mishandling" of the issue by the university administration and have questioned the decision to allow the police "crackdown" on the JNU campus.

The administration in its defence has been maintaining that "the university was bound to do so" even as it was contended by the protesting students and teachers that the matter related to indiscipline and not sedition.

"I never invited the police to enter the campus and pick up our students. We only provided whatever cooperation was needed as per the law of the land. We were bound to do so," the VC had said.

Chomsky, along with Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and 86 other academicians from renowned universities abroad, had last week condemned "the culture of authoritarian menace that the present government in India has generated" and said those in power are replicating the dark times of the oppressive colonial period and of the Emergency of the 1970s.

"We have learnt of the shameful act of the Indian government which, invoking sedition laws formulated by India's colonial rulers, ordered the police to enter the JNU campus and unlawfully arrest a student leader, Kanhaiya Kumar, on charges of inciting violence -- without any proof whatever of such wrongdoing on his part," the joint statement had said.

The JNU students union president was arrested on February 12 in connection with a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy that was registered following an event on the varsity campus to protest against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru during which anti-India slogans were allegedly raised.

The university had set up a high-level committee to probe the issue and, on the basis of its preliminary report, academically suspended Kanhaiya and seven other students. The committee will come up with its final report by February 25.

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Kushwant Bhat
 - 
Monday, 22 Feb 2016

Wa Wa Master Rakesh Ananna, which part of the world are you leaving you Bull of the Gate!!! not knowing about Famous Noam, looks like Chaddi Criminal, you are Justifying Goonda Criminals, You know how these Delhi police enter the JNU Campus can you Justify it, is it allowed that means all Master Plan Bapooji, do not mind you Baboons, \Every Dog gets its own day'
Jai Hoo Moodiji
Jai Hindustan."

Rakesh
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Sunday, 21 Feb 2016

who is this man to dictate ? this is being fuelled by ISI and ISIS with the support of local muslim population and some left retards .

Suresh
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Sunday, 21 Feb 2016

Dear Ravi, As per your statement, the indians who are staying outside should not comment. Then why you people go outside country for fund and their support. Then ban to go outside the country. Can you provide all these people job, accomodation and food? Be realastic. They are the one who send the dollors, which is required to run the country. Without their support, you will not prosper.

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January 26,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 26: The Azizuddin Road of Mangaluru’s Bunder area, which had witnessed the brutal killing of two innocent passersby over a month ago, today witnessed the unfurling of Indian national flag by the kin of the police firing victim. 

49-year-old Abdul Jaleel Kandak, a father of two, and 23-year-old Nausheen Kudroli, were killed in an arbitrary and unwarranted police firing during a disturbance occurred due to police baton charge in the city on December 2019. 

A mixed feeling of patriotism and pain prevailed when a group of people gathered on the police firing spot to celebrate the 71st Republic Day of India. Family members of the victims were part of it.

It was Shifani, the daughter of Abdul Jaleel, who unfurled the flag and read out the preamble of the Indian constitution. 

“This is the spot where the constitution of the country was murdered,” said social activist Vidya Dinker, recalling the police firing. “The constitution is being murdered everyday in many states of India. We must regain the constitution and implement it everyday,” she added. 

Journalist Shahnaz M, DYFI leader Imtiyaz BK, SIO leader Talha, NWF leader Shahida Aslam and social activist Shabbir Ahmed were present among others.

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May 8,2020

Mangaluru, May 8: Dr Arathi Krishna, former deputy chairman of Karnataka NRI Forum, today called on Karnataka chief secretary Vijaya Bhaskar and urged him to exert pressure on the Centre through chief minister to expedite evacuation of Kannadigas stuck in Saudi Arabia amidst covid-19 lockdown. 

She also conveyed the message from labourers in Gulf countries requesting for free quarantine facility upon their arrival. Positively responding to the demand, Mr Bhaskar said that free quarantine facility will be arranged at BSF base in Bengaluru apart from paid quarantine facility in different hotels and guest houses.

Dr Arathi Krishna told coastaldigest.com that she also spoke to the officials in-charge of Gulf in the Ministry of External Affairs  and requested them to take necessary steps to add more special flights from Gulf countries to Karnataka. 

The officials have promised to consider operating flight from Riyadh to Mangaluru via Dammam in the second wave of evacuation, the schedule of which is expected to be announced in a few days, she said.

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June 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Karnataka Minister for Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar faced criticism by netizens after he shared a TikTok video sent by his daughter and wife, who are currently undergoing treatment in a COVID-19 facility.

TikTok is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based internet technology company founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming.

Dr Sudhakar’s father, his wife and daughter who tested positive for Covid-19 has been admitted to a designated facility and in order to make his birthday memorable, his daughter sent him greetings through TikTok video.

When the minister shared the TikTok video, people pointed out that the minister should know better and that he should urge his family to boycott the Chinese video-sharing platform and lead by example.

Many were miffed that a BJP leader put up a TikTok video at a time when tensions are running high between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

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