The Union Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on
Monday said Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Kolkata's
Jadavpur University did not get rankings for Parliament attack convict
Afzal Guru and anti-India slogans, but for the good work done by the
students.
"JNU and Jadavpur University didn't get rankings for
Afzal Guru and anti-India slogans but for good work done by students,"
Javadekar said.
The HRD Minister released India Rankings 2017 of
National Institutional Ranking Framework in which Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru ranked first.
JNU, since last year, has been in the fray of controversies after three of its students were booked for alleged sedition.
Last
year in the specific list of universities ranking, JNU was at number
three and this year it has climbed in the same list to number two.
Last
year, on February 9, some of the JNU students organised an event in the
campus to protest against the hanging of Afzal Guru, the driver of the
2001 Parliament attack.
A video was leaked online in which it was
seen that students in the campus of JNU were chanting 'Afzal hum
sharminda hain tere kaatil zinda hai' (Afzal we are shameful that your
killers are still alive). Also, the students allegedly chanted
'Hindustan tere tukde honge' (India, you will be broken into pieces).
After
this, there was a nationwide outrage, which forced the RSS student wing
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) to come out and protest.
Sedition
charges were imposed on several students and the case was lodged at
Vasant Kunj police station in the national capital. A complaint was
registered under 24-A (sedition), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 34
(acts done by several persons with a common intention).
With this
incident, former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar came into
limelight as he was arrested on sedition charges after allegations were
imposed on him that he had raised anti-India slogans.
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