Complaining against the administration’s alleged anti-student moves, JNUSU said the varsity had directed the photocopy shops on the campus to not print any posters that have not been “verified” by the administration.
The campus photocopy shop owners claimed that it is due to the “fear factor” that they are refusing to print posters of protests. However, JNU Registrar Bhupinder Zutshi denied the charge.
“Nobody has asked us to not print but I decided not to print anything unless students get a slip saying the content has been verified by the administration. Many shop owners have been questioned by police and there is fear factor. Also we are here to earn our bread and butter and not participate in any politics,” said a photocopy kiosk owner in JNU campus..
Agitated over the “attack on their democracy”, JNUSU said in a statement, “It has come to our notice that the JNU administration has instructed all the photocopy shops in the campus not to print any posters or pamphlets of any student organisation. JNUSU strongly condemns this draconian, undemocratic decision.”