JNU students being asked to ‘vacate’ rented accommodations: Udit Raj

New Delhi

JNU students staying as tenants in south Delhi’s Munirka area are being asked to “vacate”, BJP MP Udit Raj today claimed.

Raj, an alumnus of the institution, said that only a section and not the “whole” of JNU support “anti-nationals” while lamenting that a “wrong message” has gone out to the people which needs to be corrected.

Referring to a statement made by another alumnus, Raj said, “JNU students staying in rented accommodations in the Munirka area are being asked to vacate terming them as anti- nationals in the wake of the recent incident.”

JNU Students Union Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora made a similar claim wondering who would “mend this damage”.

The BJP MP also termed as “unfortunate” yesterday’s attack on journalists, JNU teachers and students inside the Patiala House Court premises by groups of lawyers.

Raj, who represents the North West Delhi constituency, said he was “unaware” of sedition charges against arrested JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. “Let there be more clarity.It’s too early to comment.”

Raj said “it is not the fact” when pointed out that a section of the right wing has demanded the “shut down” of JNU and has went on to describe it as a “den” of “traitors and anti-nationals”.

Flanked by a number of former JNU students, Raj stressed on the need to “isolate” students allegedly indulging in anti -India activities. Police should be assisted in identifying those elements, he said.

“It’s painful. Being ex-JNU students, we are constantly being asked all sorts of questions. JNU as a whole is not a den of traitors and anti-nationals, it’s a place of intellectuals. I am proud of JNU. A wrong message has gone out. It’s a great institution which has produced luminaries in every field,” Raj told reporters. more PTI