National flag should also fly atop RSS headquarters: JNUSU

February 19, 2016 22:49

The national flag should not only fly atop a 207-ft mast on university campuses but also at RSS headquarters in Nagpur, JNU students union said today asserting that their varsity already has a flag-post since decades.

The statement from JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) comes in wake of a resolution, adopted yesterday at a meeting of the Vice Chancellors with HRD Minister Smriti, saying the tricolour will fly on the campuses of all 46 central varsities "prominently and proudly" to signify a "strong India".

"No wonder how anti-national JNU is branded as, the flag-post at the administration block has existed here since decades. But this 'nationalism' is not only needed in universities but there is also a need to replace the 'saffron' flag atop RSS headquarters in Nagpur with the national flag," said JNUSU Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora at a press conference in New Delhi today.

"RSS has always had a problem with JNU and every now and then this anti-national tag has been hurled at the university ever since the BJP government came to power. But we stand united and the varsity is very much national," she added.

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