New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University campus has been on the boil for the past week after the university authorities rusticated seven students for different periods for "wrongfully confining" varsity Registrar Avais Ahmed during a protest demanding minimum wages for casual labourers.
The university authorities also fined three other students and made the campus out of bounds for another student.
The students have since gone on a hunger strike within the campus. The university authorities have justified its disciplinary action against the 11 students, saying they were guilty of highly irresponsible conduct.
The authorities have, however, not ruled out revoking the punishment if they reformed themselves.
The authorities on Tuesday asked the students to immediately call off their "illegal hunger strike", saying they were "mischievously" linking the punishment with the alleged violation of labour rights in the campus.
"The students are mischievously linking the action against the students with the so-called violation of labour rights and non-payment of minimum wages to contract workers. This is a non-issue especially concerning the disciplinary action against the students," Vice Chancellor BB Bhattacharya said.
"In fact, the JNU administration has taken a very considerate view of the very highly irresponsible conduct of students, but refrained from filing a criminal complaint against them that should have invited arrest and prosecution," he said.
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