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Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University staged protests outside the AICTE auditorium at Vasant Kunj which is the venue for the varsity's third convocation ceremony. The students clashed with the Delhi police and a few barricades were broken. (Express photo)
Around 400 protesting students broke some barricades and clashed with the police outside the venue even as the convocation ceremony was in progress. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal are in attendance at the event. (Express photo)
The JNUSU had given a call to protest outside the convocation venue alleging that the Vice-Chancellor had refused to meet the JNUSU representatives over their issues. Their slogan is ‘No convocation without affordable education’. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Since morning there has been heavy barricading and police and CISF presence at the JNU gates. The JNUSU broke the barricades at the main gate to march towards the venue, as they sloganeered. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Some students were also allegedly put into buses by the police but it was unclear whether they had been detained. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Protests have been raging in JNU campus over a revision in the hostel manual which has resulted in massive fee hike among other things. After protesting at the administrative block, the JNUSU also allegedly pressured the provosts into either resigning or rejecting the changes. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
The decisions were taken in a meeting held on October 28. Service charges were increased from Rs 0 to Rs 1700 per month (rough estimate). Similarly room rent for single seater rooms was increased from Rs 20 per month to Rs 600 per month, and for a double seater from Rs 10 per month to Rs 300 per month. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
Police use water cannons as JNU students protest over fee hike and other issues. The protests took place outside AICTE auditorium near JNU campus where the 3rd convocation ceremony of the university was also helt Monday. (Express Photo)
Hundreds of JNU students gathered outside AICTE Monday and protested over the fee hike and other issued. They also clashed with police over their demands. (Express Photo)
