New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Several students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) boycotted classes on Monday in protest against the suspension of 17 students for participating in demonstrations against disciplinary action taken earlier against two PhD scholars.
Supporting the students, CPI-ML Liberation MP from Bihar's Karakat, Raja Ram Singh, urged Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice Chancellor Mazhar Asif to withdraw FIRs against students and remove the university's Chief Proctor for "illegally publishing personal details of students."
The Left-affiliated All India Students' Association (AISA), which called for the boycott, accused the university of suppressing student activism.
"Jamia administration may lock us out but cannot silence our resistance. ...