- M Jagadesh Kumar said- went to talk to the students, but they wanted to attack me
- Said- In case of increase in fees, it was decided only after going through many procedures
Dainik Bhaskar
Jan 10, 2020, 06:45 AM IST
New Delhi (Amit Kumar Niranjan). JNU is in discussion about the increase in fees first, then the CAA and now on 5 January the campus violence by maskers. Selected portions of the conversation with Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on the situation in JNU …
Question: Why didn't you talk to the students before?
Answer: Kaei also falls under the decision process. The decision to raise fees was also taken after going through several procedures. We were following the same procedure. Anyway, the culture of JNU is to extract solutions from matter.
Question: Should the complaints of the students also be heard?
Answer: The committee decided after October 28, after which the officials went to talk to the students. Students surrounded him and got him to resign. I also went to meet the students, but they started moving towards me with the intention of attack.
Question: There was a possibility of deterioration of the situation, why did not it act strictly?
Answer: We tried to talk to them (JNUSU) but they spoiled the atmosphere. They are getting violent and riotous, for the first time.
Question: Things deteriorate over the issue of fees, CAA or masked?
Answer: This has to go backwards. Some say we are replacing JNU. The aim of JNU is to conduct world class research, to prepare students for this. What is happening now will not make a future.
Question: BJP leader, minister calls JNU piecemeal gang's den, how legitimate is it?
Answer: Our nation is a democratic country, where Freedom of expression. Everyone has the right to express his views.
Question: Your opinion changes when Deepika Padukone arrives. What is that?
Answer: I said that great celebrities should come with the agitating students, that is their right. But also talk about the thousands of students who are studying. The professor who sits under the tree and talks about research. Do they not have fundamental rights? Deepika should also speak about them.
Question: What were you doing when masked came to JNU?
Answer: On January 5 at 4:30 pm, the meeting with the faculty was over, security. The guard reported the vandalism by a group of students. I sent guards there. Police called at 5 o'clock.
Question: How many people involved in the violence have yet been identified?
Answer: The investigation is going on, because the students had masks on their mouths. There is another aspect of the incident. On January 3, JNU's data center was ransacked by about 15 maskers. Had complained about this. Then violence occurred on January 4.
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