Jawaharlal Nehru University students union protest over fee hike and other issues outside campus

The
student’s union of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday organised a protest
outside the university campus in New Delhi over a number of issues including
the fee hike, stated sources.

A protester
was reported as saying, “For last 15 days, we are protesting against fee hike.
At least 40% students come from poor background, how will these students study
here?”, according to the sources.

 Currently, the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s
Convocation is underway on the campus. Notably, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu
has been invited as the chief guest and he is present there.

Earlier on
Saturday, a section of JNU students held a protest-meet against Supreme Court’s
verdict in the Ayodhya case. The meeting was organised by a JNU student named
Sharjeel Imam at Sabarmati Dhaba inside the varsity campus.