Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: NC leader and ex-chief minister of J&K, Farooq Abdullah on Saturday slammed the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for holding an open meeting to discuss Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru in the varsity premises and advised them to discuss such sensitive issues among themselves and not make them a public affair.
He opined that the JNU VC should have handled the incident himself instead of allowing police to intervene.
"Beginning of JNU row was itself wrong. If the VC had taken note of this and not called police, he could have handled the situation. Now, that the issue has caught fire, it is spreading across the country. I am unable to understand one thing, what was the need for them to bring Afzal Guru in this. Whoever did it is wrong. He brought disgrace to the institute," Abdullah told reporters here.
"If you want to discuss Afzal Guru, discuss it quietly. Why make it public? If you think it was wrong, discuss among yourself. It is not right to discuss it openly," he added.
The concerned police had yesterday conducted a joint questioning of three JNU students -Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya. Today, fourth student Ashutosh Kumar was also questioned by them.
The students are facing sedition charges for allegedly raising 'anti-national' slogans at the JNU campus during an event to commemorate the parliament attack convict's third death anniversary on February 9. |
