The JNU administration has reacted to the defacing of several campus buildings with anti-Brahmin slogans on Thursday. The vice-chancellor has sought a report at the earliest.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 2, 2022 10:16 IST
One of the slogans on the walls read ‘Brahmins leave the campus’ (Photo: File)
By India Today Web Desk: The Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU vice-chancellor has asked the grievances committee to inquire and submit a report after several buildings on campus were defaced on Thursday with anti-Brahmin slogans, photos of which were shared on social media.
“The Vice-Chancellor has taken serious note of the incident of defacing walls and faculty rooms by some unknown elements in SIS, JNU. The administration condemns these exclusivist tendencies on campus. Such incidents will not be tolerated as JNU belongs to all,” the university said in a statement.
“The Dean, School of International Studies, and Grievances Committee have been asked to inquire and submit a report to V-C at the earliest,” the statement read.
Students claimed that the walls in the School of International Studies II building were vandalised with slogans against the Brahmin and Baniya communities.
Some of the slogans on the walls read “Brahmins Leave The Campus,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Brahmin Bharat Chhodo,” and “Brahmino-Baniyas, we are coming for you! We will avenge,” reported PTI.
“ABVP condemns the rampant vandalism of academic spaces by communist goons. The communists have written abuses on the walls of JNU in the School of International Studies II building. They have defaced the chambers of free-thinking professors to intimidate them,” said ABVP JNU President Rohit Kumar.
A JNU teachers’ group also issued a statement condemning the vandalism and holding the “left-liberal gang” accountable.
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