Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) transcended Indian campuses to reach top educational institutions abroad like Oxford, Harvard, Michigan, Columbia, Yale, Chicago, Boston, Stanford, Cincinnati and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Students and scholars of these institutions staged demonstrations against the police crackdown on students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Similar protests have been planned in Berlin and Zurich. Back home, the of Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry said, the situation in 42 central universities in the country, except JMI and AMU, is peaceful and examinations are being held as scheduled.
HRD Ministry has sought reports from both JMI and AMU on the sequence of events that transpired on the campuses leading to violence, and asked them to ensure peace is maintained. The vice chancellors of both the varsities visited the HRD Ministry on Tuesday and presented the facts prima facie.
“Both the VCs had come to the Ministry and met senior officials. The situation is now normal on both the campuses and maximum students residing in hostel have gone back home as vacation have been announced. The varsities will announce a fresh schedule for pending examination once the campuses reopen in January,” a source said.
JMI Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar informed the HRD Ministry that the university’s Executive Council (EC) had passed a resolution to demand a high-level enquiry into the police action on students inside the varsity library.