As JNU students attempted to continue their march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan to push their demands related to the hostel fee hike and the suspension of the varsity's vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, the Delhi Police stopped the students from proceeding, leading to a tense situation.
Students were then escorted away from the MHRD premises by the police.
Delhi Police has detained student protesters from JNU atShastri Bhavan, outside the MHRD premises, after they attempted to continuetheir rally towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan after a meeting with the MHRD didn'tyield a positive response to their demands.
The Delhi Police resorted to baton charge to control thestudent protesters outside the HRD ministry's premises after some protestersattempted to block the traffic at Janpath. The JNUSU had given a call for theprotest rally to continue towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan after saying that themeeting with MHRD officials was "unsatisfactory".
The HRD ministry on Thursday said the removal of theJawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar "was not asolution". HRD secretary Amit Khare said officials of the ministry willtalk to Kumar again on Friday over the students' claims of revised fee notbeing implemented.
"The removal of the vice-chancellor is not a solution," he said, adding the ministry officials will also meet JNU Students' Union after meeting Kumar.
