Around 100 MPs Will Write to President Demanding Sacking of JNU VC: Yechury

JNU VC M. Jagadesh Kumar has been under fire for not doing enough when students and faculty were brutally attacked by a masked mob on the campus on Sunday evening.

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JNU VC M. Jagadesh Kumar has been under fire for not doing enough when students and faculty were brutally attacked by a masked mob on the campus on Sunday evening.

around 100 mps will write to president demanding sacking of jnu vc yechury

Sitaram Yechury. Photo: PTI

New Delhi: CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said around 100 MPs will write a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the sacking of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor (VC).

He was addressing a public meeting organised by the teachers' association and students' union of the university.

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"Many members of Parliament, around 100 of them, have been contacted and they have decided to write a letter to the President, who is the visitor to the university, demanding the sacking of the VC," Yechury said.

His words received a loud cheer from students.

Under fire from students and faculty members for not doing enough when they were brutally attacked by a masked mob on the campus on Sunday evening, JNU VC M Jagadesh Kumar urged the students on Tuesday to put the past behind them and return to the university premises.

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