A day before his retirement, Rajendra Prasad- the longest serving principal of the Ramjas College- termed the recent violence on campus "unfortunate" and appealed the students to "confront ideas and not people".


"Tomorrow I retire, I wish for nothing in return except that Ramjas remains peaceful, and committed to the glorious future it is destined to set for itself," the principal said in an open letter to students. He said, "My heart bleeds when Ramjas bleeds, because I have put in 32 years of blood, sweat and tears to bring Ramjas to its present stature."


The appeal from the principal comes after the widespread violence on the Ramjas campus last week. The clashses between RSS-backed ABVP and Left-affiliated AISA members ocurred over the cancellation of a seminar invite to JNU students Umar Khalid and Shehla Rashid who were slated to speak on "Culture of Protests".