The JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) had announced that it would boycott the event which HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar was expected to address through video-conference, to raise various issues faced by the students.
JNUSU President Mohit Pandey said, "We will boycott the video-conference of the minister as several of our questions need to be answered. We are shocked with this one-way communication in which he just wants to address students and not listen to our issues."
Setting up of Dr B R Ambedkar Archive section which would digitise and create a portal to help research students access collection of materials on Ambedkar, besides throwing open to students the renovated structures after adding new facilities has been scheduled on the occasion.
The Congress-affiliated National Students' Union of India (NSUI) too had plans to protest on the occasion to raise the issue of research students being denied their stipends for over four months.
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The JNU Teachers' Association too had announced a protest on the day demanding a solution for seat cuts.
The ABVP which is locked in an ideological battle with the Left-backed groups on the campus had also demanded a statue of the architect of Indian Constitution be installed there.
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