JNU's missing student case likely to be raised during Parl

The case of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed is likely to be raised in Parliament by the Opposition, with senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad saying that the matter was not just about a student, or a minority person, but about very humanity.

The Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha said the issue was raised during one of the meetings held today ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament starting tomorrow.

"Three important meetings were held today, one was about our own party with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha leaders present, the other was of Congress and other like-minded parties and the third was the all-party meeting with government and the opposition.
 

"During the meeting, various issues were raised, from demonetisation to SIMI (activists encounter) case, OROP. And, the case of Najeeb also came up. The leaders want that Najeeb's case be discussed in Parliament," Azad said.

He was a addressing a gathering here at a seminar organised here by National Tricolour Association of India, a non-profit organisation.

Azad, however, did not specify, the issue of the missing JNU student was raised in which of the three meetings.

Najeeb went missing on October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with the members of ABVP the night before.

The senior Congress leader also met Najeeb's sister Sadaf and JNU student leader Shehla Rashid at the event.

"I must tell that this is not just about Najeeb or a Muslim person, but about very humanity. A university student disappears, and there is no action, then it is matter of concern. And, even if it was Hindu boy, we would have been equally concerned, and fought it with the same zeal," Azad said.

Earlier during the programme, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, face of the party in Uttar Pradesh polls, sought to reach out to the Muslim community and said her party will always stand behind them.

"Our Muslim brothers should not fear anything and live in this country like any other member of any other community," she said.

Dikshit, before leaving met Sadaf and Shehla on the stage.

Shehla, who also addressed the gathering, took the occasion to hit out at the right-wing student outfit in the campus.

"He went missing on October 15, but why no sniffer dogs were used later, or CCTV cameras footage checked. Some even said, he had joined ISIS and was mentally unsound. These are all nonsense theories being rounded up," she claimed.

"This fight anyway is not just about Najeeb, but a fight to preserve the fabric of India. It is fight about what we we forget and what we will remember. But, we will fight for justice for Najeeb," she said.