Kanhaiya Kumar moves SC for bail, JNU students march for his release

JNU Students March For JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar’s Release

Highlights

5.10 pm:

From the student’s march for #KanhaiyaKumar ‘s release in Delhi. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/hyzggbQZ5k

— Naveed Iqbal (@NaveedIqbal) February 18, 2016

5.00 pm:

At the student’s March for JNUSU president #KanhaiyaKumar ‘s release @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/LmtxTNm8t0

— Naveed Iqbal (@NaveedIqbal) February 18, 2016

4.00 pm: People haven’t gathered here to support Pakistan. They are against those who want to turn this into a Hindu Pakistan, says Yogendra Yadav.

3.45 pm:

#KanhaiyaKumar ‘s supervisor at JNU, Subodh Narayan speaking at the students March for his release. pic.twitter.com/3ZceGmoqlS

— Naveed Iqbal (@NaveedIqbal) February 18, 2016

3.40 pm:

Yogendra Yadav at the protest march against #KanhaiyaKumar ‘ arrest. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/N2wq2Dt6ET

— Naveed Iqbal (@NaveedIqbal) February 18, 2016

3.35 pm:

Yogendra Yadav at the protest march against #KanhaiyaKumar ‘ arrest. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/N2wq2Dt6ET

— Naveed Iqbal (@NaveedIqbal) February 18, 2016

3.18 pm: READ: Kanhaiya Kumar moves SC for bail, claims threat to life
3.10 pm:

“Mera Yaar Kanhaiya” T Shirts being sold for Rs.150 at #JNU students protest march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar pic.twitter.com/iFRKxJ5eZ0

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 18, 2016

3.07 pm:

Protest march in support of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. (Source: Express photo)

3.00 pm:

#JNUViolence Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea in SC; fears attack at Tihar,says he isn’t a hardened criminal but a student pic.twitter.com/Qg2AIwiAcN

— Utkarsh Anand (@utkarsh_aanand) February 18, 2016

2.50 pm: Six advocates representing Kanhaiya in Patiala House court file report in SC in sealed cover on events that took place yesterday.

2.45 pm: SC-appointed panel of advocates submits report and pen drive containing mobile clip of their yesterday’s visit to Patiala House court complex.

2:40 pm: Kanhaiya Kumar seeks bail due to extraordinary circumstances before the Supreme Court. The matter will be heard tomorrow. Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee is likely to argue for Kanhaiya’s bail plea.

2:05 pm: Read – Crackdown on JNU a blot on India’s image, says Rahul Gandhi

1:48 pm: Students are all prepped to leave the JNU campus in hordes for the march scheduled this afternoon.

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1:45 pm: Factory workers from outer areas in Delhi like Bawana have also converged upon the protest site. “Awaaz do, hum ek hain,” they were heard shouting.

1:30 pm: Ex-AAP leader Yogendra Yadav will be joining the march today at Mandi House. There are other organisations that has pledged to join the protests.

1:27 pm: The JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) and its executive council will also march along with the JNU students union today. The decision was taken at a general body meeting of the JNUTA. Teachers are demanding release of Kanhaiya Kumar and dropping of sedition charges against all six students.

1:25 pm: Students have begun assembling at Sabarmathi hostel inside the JNU campus and in a while, they would be travelling to Mandi House to participate in the protest march. They have roses and tricolour flags in their hands.

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1:15 pm: Nationalism is in my blood. I have seen my family sacrifice again and again for the nation. It is not the government’s job to destroy institutions and push its agenda there. Congress party will defend the rights of students everywhere: Rahul Gandhi

He announced that he, along with a delegation of Congress leaders, submitted a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee.

1:10 pm: Ahead of the protest march by students, policemen are patrolling the Mandi House circle and taking stock of the situation.

12:55 pm: JNU students will be marching from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar at 2 pm today in protest against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar and the ‘gagging of freedom of speech’ by the government.

Shehla Rashid, Vice President, JNUSU, in a widely circulated Whatsapp message rubbished rumours of the march being cancelled. She urged students not to clash with the police and to cooperate in every way possible. The march has to be peaceful, she said.

She also asked her fellow friends not to get into arguments with any right-wing group, but to ensure that the silence of their protest resounds.

12:45 pm: Meanwhile, the Bar Council of India has taken cognizance of the Patiala court episode which involved an attack by lawyers on journalists. It has also ordered an inquiry into the matter.

12:30 pm: The court had on Wednesday listed the matter at 2 pm to get the report by the Lawyers Committee that it had sent to Patiala House Court on Wednesday to take stock of the ruckus in the court complex and the attack on Kanhaiya Kumar.

The Registrar General of the High Court too would give his report to the court on Wednesday’s violence in the court complex and the presence of an unidentified man in the courtroom who had allegedly hit Kanhaiya Kumar.

(With IANS, PTI and ENS inputs)