Anti-national slogans at JNU: Rahul compares regime to Hitler's Germany, Kejriwal orders magisterial probe

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered a magisterial probe into the alleged shouting of anti-India slogans by a group of students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, leading to the arrest of students union leader Kanhaiya Kumar. The move comes after a delegation comprising CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI national secretary D Raja, JD(U) MP K C Tyagi and other leaders met Kejriwal, demanding a magisterial probe to establish the "authenticity" of evidence produced against Kumar, who was arrested on sedition charge in connection with an event organised on the campus against the hanging of Afzal Guru.
Kumar, JNUSU President, was arrested yesterday, a move that invited criticism from the opposition parties.

"There are claims that JNU student leaders shouted anti-India slogans and counter claims that ABVP activists did it. To find truth, Delhi govt is directing DM to conduct an enquiry (sic)," the Delhi Chief Minister tweeted. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was using the Delhi Police to "terrorise" everyone. 

"Modi ji wants to terrorise everyone by using police," Kejriwal said. In a tweet, he said, "No anti-national activity should be tolerated under any circumstances. Those who did it must be identified and punished" (sic).
The AAP also alleged that RSS's student wing ABVP was involved in the "conspiracy". "AAP condemns the way Delhi Police is using dictatorial measures to harass students and professors of the JNU. During the entire episode some facts have come to the light that ABVP is behind this conspiracy," the party said.

Following the arrest of Kumar, a delegation comprising Yechury, Raja and Tyagi termed the on-going developments at the JNU as a "political conspiracy" by Centre to "terrorise" the students, "reminding of days of Emergency". "The evidence based on which this conspiracy has been hatched is wrong. There is need to have an independent probe to check authenticity of the evidences.
"We came here to meet Kejriwal seeking independent magisterial enquiry. He has assured us to look into the matter positively," Yechury said here after the meeting, which took place after the delegation first met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that New Delhi District Magistrate has been asked to probe the JNU incident and submit his report within 15 days. 

Rahul Gandhi compares current regime Hitler's

In a hard-hitting attack on Modi government over JNU student's arrest, Rahul Gandhi virtually drew parallel of it with the regime of Hitler, accusing NDA of "suppressing" students' voice and telling students "don't let those bullies push you around". Gandhi, who visited the JNU campus along with Delhi PCC chief Ajay Maken and former Union Minister Anand Sharma to express solidarity with students agitating against the arrest of JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case, was shown black flag by members BJP's student wing ABVP. Responding to it, Gandhi said,"People who showed black flag on my face, I feel proud that in my country they have the right to show black flag." 

Going hammer and tongs against the government, the Congress Vice President said, "People who suppress voice of this institute are anti-national. They are trying to crush the voice of the youth. I was in Hyderabad a few days back and these same people or their leaders said that Rohith Vemula was an anti-national," Gandhi said.

"There was a person in Germany named Hitler who had destroyed millions and millions of people. If only that man had listened to other people, may be that country would not have gone through that much of pain," he said.
Noting that he would be happy debating with the RSS and the BJP and they expressing their opinion, Gandhi said,"in fact if they will listen to us, they will convinced by us." Asking students not to give up, the Congress Vice President said, "they do not understand that in crushing you, they are making you stronger. Not only this institution, not only us, not only the people sitting here but there are more than a billion people in this country who believe in you and are standing right behind you.

"Don't let those bullies push you around. When they look inside themselves, what they see is fear. They are scared. They are terrified. They are terrified of poor, weak Indian people getting voice. Question them at every single step. Don't only question them, question yourself also." Gandhi drew parallel between the actions against students in JNU and events leading to the suicide of the dalit scholar Vemula and took potshots at Narendra Modi saying he "only expressed pain over it. That's it."

"This institution represents that voice. I was in Hyderabad some days back and the same people said Rohith was an anti-national element. A youngster expresses himself and the national government says he is anti-national. What did he do? All he said that he feels a little bit of pain that he wants to express what is inside him. "Later a minister comes and says he was not even a Dalit. Sushma Swaraj ji, nobody asked whether he was a dalit or not.
The question is why an Indian student was not allowed to say what he believed in," Gandhi said.