The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students have been protesting against the arrest of students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been booked with charges of sedition.
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Here is what has happened so far in this regard:
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February 15
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• Delhi High Court remands Kanhaiya Kumar to two-day police custody.
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• A scuffle broke out on Monday afternoon at the Patiala House court during the hearing of Kanhaiya Kumar, who was arrested on Friday on charges of sedition.
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• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA O.P. Sharma beat up an unidentified man. As a result, Kumar could not be produced in the court due to tense situation.
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• The students, who have been demanding Kumar's release, alleged that they were roughed up by a group of lawyers when they entered the court premises. During scuffle, three journalists were also attacked by some lawyers inside the court premises.
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• Delhi High Court decides to hear the plea seeking NIA probe in the matter on Tuesday.
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• Hafiz Saeed releases a video refuting Rajnath Singh's claim that the protests by the JNU students had his support.
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February 14
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• Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi says there is clear evidence that Kanhaiya Kumar was chanting 'anti-national slogans' during last week's protest in the varsity.
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• JNU teachers association say that they never support any unconstitutional activity inside the university campus.
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• Home Minister Rajnath Singh says that the JNU incident had the backing of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. Opposition condemns his claims, saying that he should come with proof before making such serious charges.
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February 13
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• Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visits the JNU campus on to meet the students protesting for the release of Kanhaiya Kumar. There he says the most anti-national people are the ones suppressing the voice of this institution. He also drew parallels between Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and dictator Adolf Hitler's regime over the arrest of JNU students' union president in a sedition case.
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February 12
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• Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) polit buro Sitaram Yechury compares the JNU incident to what happened during the time of Emergency. He said, "What is happening in JNU? Police on campus, arrests and picking up students from hostels. This last happened during Emergency."
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February 5
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• The controversy at JNU erupts on last Friday when some students paste posters across the campus inviting people to a protest march against 'judicial killing of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhatt' and in solidarity with 'struggle of Kashmiri people for their democratic right to self determination' at varsity's Sabarmati dhaba.
