JNU fee hike News

The JNUSU, which has been on a strike on the issue since October 28 last year, has urged the students to continue the boycott of registration and all academic activities. 

In October last year, the announcement of a substantial hike in fees at JNU triggered a powerful students’ movement in the university. Regular sit-ins, mass rallies and university strikes were organised by the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) in which students cutting across caste, class, religious and political lines took part.

The students, who have shut down the entire university for over two months in protest against the hike in hostel fees, have called for a boycott of the exam registration process.

According to a HLC statement on Monday, concession of 75 per cent in utility and service charges will be given to eligible Below Poverty Line (BPL) category students bringing down the charges for them to Rs 500 per month and 50 per cent concessions to the rest of the students to bring the monthly expenditure to Rs 1,000 from Rs 2,000.

The JNU Visually Challenged Students' Forum has called for a ''demonstration against the brutal lathi-charge of Delhi Police'' and demanded justice for persons with disabilities. 

During their march, placards displaying messages against Zee News was seen. This is not the first time that the students have launched an attack on Zee News.

The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) have been protesting because according to them the JNU administration has passed a draft hostel manual on October 3, 2019, without any consultation with the student community and started their protest from October 29 by boycotting classes and examinations. 

The JNU Students Union (JNUSU) have been protesting because according to them the JNU administration has passed a draft hostel manual on October 3, 2019, without any consultation with the student community and started their protest from October 29 by boycotting classes and examinations.