New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) Vice President Saket Moon demanded the reconstruction of Babri Masjid during a protest. However, a JNUSU functionary distanced himself from Moon’s remarks. A protest march was carried out by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) inside the campus demanding reconstruction of the demolished Babri Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. The protest march was staged on Monday night to mark the demolition anniversary of the mosque.
In a purported video, Moon can be heard saying, “…compensation should be given. It should be accepted that the demolition of Babri Masjid was wrong and it should be rebuilt.”
JNUSU general secretary Satishchandra Yadav said, “JNUSU did not make such a demand. He said how the court had accepted that the demolition of Babri Masjid was wrong and said that it should be rebuilt. JNUSU had telecast the documentary ‘Ram Ke Naam’ on Saturday night even as the administration feared that “such unauthorized activity may disturb communal harmony in the university campus”.
In Ayodhya, 6 December was the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Given this, a high alert was declared. Tight security arrangements were made in Ayodhya by the administrative officials. Intelligence department teams were also active. Sector magistrates and police officers were deployed on duty in Ayodhya since evening.
The students, holding placards and shouting slogans, took out the march inside the campus. The protest march ended at the Chandrabhaga Hostel where the student leaders made speeches demanding reconstruction of the mosque, news agency IANS reported. Several videos have also surfaced from within the campus wherein scores of students are seen raising controversial slogans against the BJP, RSS, and the Modi government.
Earlier on Sunday, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) organized a show at the campus in which a movie based on the Babri Masjid demolition was shown.
The JNU administration had recently warned against holding the protest, but the student union still held the protest. The admin had asked the students not to telecast any such film otherwise strict action would be taken.
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