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JNU fee hike: HRD-appointed panel reaches varsity to discuss with students

The first meeting of the panel with JNU Students Union (JNUSU) office-bearers, student counsellors and hostel presidents took place on Wednesday at HRD Ministry.

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Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students try to break through police barricades during a protest march towards Parliament on Monday, on the first day of the winter session, demanding a total roll-back of the hostel fee hike | Photo: PTI
Press Trust of India New Delhi
1 min read Last Updated : Nov 22 2019 | 7:29 PM IST

The HRD ministry-appointed panel reached the JNU campus on Friday to hold talks with the students regarding their disputes with the administration on the hostel fee hike issue.

The panel members entered the university from another gate as students had formed a human chain inside the varsity campus to demand complete rollback of fee hike, ahead of the visit.

"Students are standing here to welcome the high powered committee. The students want to tell them about the issues arising due to fee hike, former students' union president N Sai Balaji had said ahead of the panel's visit.

The HRD Ministry had formed the three-member committee on Monday to recommend ways to restore normal functioning of the Jawaharlal Nehru University and mediate between the administration and students who have been protesting for over three weeks over the hostel fee hike.

The first meeting of the panel with JNU Students Union (JNUSU) office-bearers, student counsellors and hostel presidents took place on Wednesday at HRD Ministry.

The panel has also met JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA) members and Deans of all schools.

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Topics :JNU ProtestHRD MinistryJNU studentsJNUSU

First Published: Nov 22 2019 | 5:00 PM IST

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