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At JNU, students exercise freedom of expression: VC

About the Hyderabad incident, Sopory told The Indian Express, “I hadn’t followed this before the incident... It’s unfortunate and I wish this could have been resolved at the university level before a student had to commit suicide.”

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Jawaharlal Nehru University vice chancellor S K Sopory has called the suicide of Hyderabad Central University research scholar Rohith Vemula “unfortunate”. At a press interaction ahead of his retirement, he was asked about JNU students holding several movements during his term and the current protest against the Dalit scholar’s suicide.

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Sopory said, “Students here (at JNU) are aware of the freedom of expression and they exercise it.”  About the Hyderabad incident, he told The Indian Express, “I hadn’t followed this before the incident… It’s unfortunate and I wish this could have been resolved at the university level before a student had to commit suicide.” He refused to comment on Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and HCU vice chancellor Appa Rao being booked.

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