Slogans raised against PM, Jamia University bars protests against constitutional dignitaries on campus

“It has been brought to the notice of the competent authority… that some students are involved in raising slogans without the permission or intimation to the university authorities against the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and other law enforcement agencies of the country on issues not related to the academia as well as to the university,” said the notification issued Thursday.

“It is once again reiterated… that no protests, dharnas, [or] raising slogans against any constitutional dignitaries shall be allowed in any part of the University Campus, otherwise disciplinary action against such erring students shall be initiated as per provision of the University rules,” it added.

The notification also draws attention to an earlier office memorandum issued in August 2022, which had similarly cautioned students against holding unauthorised protests or raising slogans in “any part of the university campus without prior permission of the University authorities”

The Indian Express reached out to JMI Registrar Mahtab Alam Rizvi for comment but received no response.

Hitting out at the notification, the JMI Unit of the All India Students’ Association Sunday in a statement said, “This directive is not merely an attack on students — it is an attack on the very essence of a university…”