West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday condemned the assault on students and teachers of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), terming it a “heinous act†and a “shame on democracyâ€. A four-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation will visit JNU to express solidarity with students and teachers, she said.
Reacting to Banerjee’s comments, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said, Banerjee should stop shedding “crocodile tears†for the students of JNU.
JNU Students Union President Aishe Ghosh, who was injured in violence on the campus, on Monday alleged it was an organised attack. It was an organised attack. They were singling out people and attacking. There is a clear nexus of JNU security and vandals. They did not intervene to stop violence, Ghosh told reporters.
A day after violence erupted inside the JNU campus in New Delhi, the Delhi Police registered an FIR against unidentified persons on Monday for rioting and damaging property, officials said.