: A day after JNU students, teachers and journalists were assaulted inside the Patiala House Courts, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to “stop political interference” in the varsity and other academic institutions.
Mr. Kejriwal also met Home Minister Rajnath Singh later in the day and reportedly discussed the protests.
Expressing concern over incidents that have taken place in the JNU campus and the arrest of JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, the Delhi CM asked Mr. Modi to break his silence on the issue. “It is extremely dangerous that the JNU incident is being portrayed to show this institution as a terrorist centre. The JNU and its students have achieved fame at the international level due to its high academic standards and the hard work of its students,” the CM wrote in a terse letter.
He further said that the police administration of Delhi was directly under the control of the Centre and the it had failed miserably to handle the incident. “I request you to give strict instructions (to Delhi Police) so that the confidence of the people of Delhi in the police can be restored,” the letter read.
As pictures and video of BJP MLA O.P. Sharma thrashing a CPI member spread, the CM complained of inaction by the cops against the legislator.
“Mr. Sharma is your MLA and I feel even if you once call and scold him, he will not dare to repeat his actions again. If that is not done, then such elements feel they have the complete support of the Centre,” Mr. Kejrwal said.
