Urgently stop this fire: Kejriwal's suggestions to Modi on JNU crisis

February 17, 2016 08:19

Amid the JNU stand-off Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it was completely wrong to brand the varisty as a "centre of terrorists" and demanded the immediate release of "innocents" arrested in the case.

In his letter, Kejriwal said,"It is not correct to convert nationalism into a device for creating a fear psychosis by

using constitutional institutions to run them according to whims and fancies."

Kejriwal asked the PM to break his silence on the incident. "I request you with folded hands to urgently stop this fire from spreading any further. People are waiting with desperation for you to break your silence and intervene to bring the situation under control," he said.

In his letter, he said political interference in JNU and other academic institutions should be stopped immediately and left be to managed by the academicians.

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