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Police to probe PM's effigy being burnt at JNU

The NSUI is the student wing of the Congress party.

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The government has asked the Delhi Police to look into the recent incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) when students of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Nathuram Godse, Baba Ramdev and Asaram Bapu.

The NSUI is the student wing of the Congress party.

“We have received a verbal communication from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and will be sending the fact finding report regarding the incident,” said a senior police officer.

The students at JNU had burnt a five foot effigy of the leaders. They pasted the pictures on one effigy and burnt it on Tuesday evening inside the JNU campus. The students also raised slogans against the leaders.

“The effigy burning incident at JNU was brought to our notice. We are investigating the matter and examining all relevant information,” Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar tweeted on Thursday.

JNU had been at the centre of a political row earlier this year when a group of students condemned death sentence given to Afzal Guru, who was convicted for the Parliament attack case, calling it a judicial killing. They also supported the struggle of the Kashmiri people for their democratic rights.

The police slapped sedition charges against the organisers of the event leading to a political slugfest between the BJP and Congress. JNU registrar Pramod Kumar however clarified that showcause notices have been issued to “at least two students” on account of not taking permission from the administration before organising an event.

“The administration is not bothered about if an effigy was burnt or whose effigy it was. The concern is organising without taking permission from the administration. The students are now required to give a deposition, and action may or may not be taken based on their response,” Kumar said.

JNUSU issued a strong statement on Thursday, “requesting the student community to stand with JNU's tradition of public meetings and protests, and reject a regime of permissions and surveillance on protests and public meetings.”

Meanwhile, the NSUI said that effigy burning was a form of protest. “The union does not encourage the practice of effigy burning, however, it has been a recognised form of protest for some time now.”

‘’The purpose of demonstration by the students was to protest against the imposition of RSS ideology upon students within education institutions,” the NSUI said in a statement.

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