[Marxistindia] Indiscriminate Arrests of JNU Students Condemned

[news from the cpi(m)]

February 12, 2016

 

Press Statement

 

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Indiscriminate Arrests of JNU Students Condemned

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the indiscriminate arrests
of Left and progressive student leaders from the JNU campus. It is reported
that currently the police is conducting a combing operation in JNU and its
hostels. 

 

Police have raided hostels without any arrest warrant indiscriminately
searching for student leaders. The presence of police in the campus and such
indiscriminate arrests from hostels had last happened during the Emergency. 

 

For nearly half a century, the student movement in JNU has had the
impeccable record of upholding the unity and integrity of our country and
rising in protests against any expression of anti-national terrorist
activities.

 

An isolated incident, which does not reflect the opinion of the vast
majority of the students, is now being blatantly used as an excuse to clamp
down on the progressive and democratic student movement. This has been a
long harboured design of the RSS and its camp followers.  This
anti-democratic authoritarian attack on JNU campus, seen in the light of
State sponsored efforts by the BJP central government to silence dissent in
premier educational institutions, has serious implications.

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands the immediate release of those who
have been arrested and ordering of a proper independent enquiry under the
due process. The university authority must also stop such illegal and
uncalled for action by the Delhi Police.

 

 

 

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