nThe Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU), Vice-Chancellor (VC) M Jagadesh Kumar on Monday appealed to all students to maintain peace, saying top priority of university is to protect the academic interests of students.
In a statement issued on Monday, Kumar stated that "Would like to appeal to all students to maintain peace. The university stands by all students to facilitate their pursuit of academic activities. We will ensure that their winter semester registration will take place without any hindrance. They need not fear about their process."
"The top priority of the university is to protect the academic interests of our students. The origin of the present situation in JNU lies in some agitating students turning violent and obstructing the academic activities of a large number of non-protesting students," JNU VC stated.
"The protesting students damaged the University communication servers to disrupt the winter semester registration. They prevented thousands of students from doing their winter registration. Their intent is clearly aimed at disrupting the functioning of the University. This is simply hooliganism and against the ethos of JNU," stated VC.
"No such person will be spared and appropriate action will be taken. JNU administration will use all possible means to protect the safety and security of our students," the VC said.
"We all need to stand together to protect the interests of genuine students. The University should not be held to ransom by some agitators who have no respect for the fundamental rights of law abiding students," he added.