Bassi Denies Kanhaiya’s LeT Links; Tirade Against Govt Continues

The latest developments in the JNU-Afzal Guru row.

• Kanhaiya Kumar’s police custody extended by two days.
• BJP president Amit Shah asks Congress to clarify ‘anti-national’ stance.

• NIA probe in Kanhaiya sedition case to be heard tomorrow.
• Hafiz Saeed releases a video denying the allegations made by Rajnath Singh of his involvement.
• BJP MLA and supporters attack Ameeque Jamai (CPI) on basis of the latter chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’.
  
• Lawyers attack JNU supporters and media at Patiala House Court.
  
• Tweets from 26/11 convict Hafiz Saeed blasphemous, inciting Indian youth: Bassi.
• Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi says Kumar raised anti-national slogans.

• BJP president Amit Shah, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani called students “anti-national” on different days.
• JNU protesters formed human chain on Sunday against Kanhaiya’s arrest.
• JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar arrested for sedition on Friday, following an event to mark Afzal Guru’s execution.

Dr. Rohit, JNU teacher, speaks after being attacked by RSS goo...

Dr. Rohit, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU and former President, JNUSU, gave a passionate speech after being attacked by RSS-backed "lawyers" at the Patiala House court complex in Delhi on 15 February 2016. JNU teachers, students, journalists and even bystanders were beaten up by the goons when they came to the court for the hearing of arrested JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar. The teachers returned to the JNU campus and addressed a large gathering of students.

Posted by SFI JNU Unit on Monday, February 15, 2016

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Slams “Anti-India” Slogans

The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called the act of raising “anti-India” slogans as an act of crime.

Bharat Mata ke liye to ham rakht ki antim boond nyochhavar karne ke liye tayyar hain (We are ready to shed the last drop of our blood for Mother India). If someone raises anti-national slogans, it is an unforgivable crime.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM Madhya Pradesh

JNUSU President’s Arrest “Political Conspiracy,” Says Mayawati

West Bengal’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has joined hands with the Congress party to slam the ruling party for arresting a student union president of JNU, Kanhaiya Kumar under sedition charges.

Arrest of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges is a political conspiracy. Defaming a reputed educational institution like JNU by terming it as anti-national is extremely saddening and condemnable.

Mayawati, BSP Chief

Congress vice president had visited the JNU campus to support the protests and asked the students to not let the government “bully” them.

Professor Gives Speech After Being Attacked By Lawyers in Courthouse

Dr. Rohit, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU and former President, JNUSU, gave a passionate speech after being attacked by RSS-backed ‘lawyers’ at the Patiala House court complex in Delhi on 15 February 2016.

Dr. Rohit, JNU teacher, speaks after being attacked by RSS goo...

Dr. Rohit, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU and former President, JNUSU, gave a passionate speech after being attacked by RSS-backed "lawyers" at the Patiala House court complex in Delhi on 15 February 2016. JNU teachers, students, journalists and even bystanders were beaten up by the goons when they came to the court for the hearing of arrested JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar. The teachers returned to the JNU campus and addressed a large gathering of students.

Posted by SFI JNU Unit on Monday, February 15, 2016