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JNU students burn effigy of varsity administration over 'notice raj'

JNU administration has issued three show cause notices to its students in past 15 days for burning effigies on Dussehra and putting up posters at the Varsity campus.

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Escalating its protest against the alleged 'notice raj', JNUSU, on Saturday, burned an effigy of the Varsity administration at the famous Sabarmati dhaba inside the campus.

"Any attempt to scuttle student's right to protest or to shrink democratic spaces by the administration will not be tolerated," JNUSU president Mohit Pandey said.

The JNUSU has written a letter to the chief Proctor and appealed him to take 'serious' cognisance into the matter and stop 'targeting' students.

"Any measure of surveillance and targeting of students will be resisted in every possible way," the letter reads, adding that the administration should immediately stop sending notices to students for holding protests.

Students have also demanded the administration to take immediate action against a section of teachers who were allegedly involved in circulation of a "dossier" that spread discrimination against students from North-East and female activists at the campus.

"The administration should stop protecting hate campaigners who distribute anti-Dalit, anti-women, and anti-minority dossiers at the university premises," Pandey said, adding strict actions should be taken against them.

A dossier called JNU 'den of organised sex racket' was submitted to the University Administration allegedly by a section of professors last year.

Yesterday, a show cause notice was issued against two students, including Pandey, for putting up posters on the walls of Administrative building regarding hostel unavailability.

Three show cause notices have been issued by the Varsity in past 15 days; the other two include burning effigies of Gujarat government and recently that of PM Narendra Modi on Dussehra by National Students Union of India activists following which the agitated students have announced a University strike on October 17.
 

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