Though I have never been part of JNU, so many students of IIMC(not officially part of JNU but connected through a backdoor gate) like me are grateful to it for the countless things it has taught us over the years, the hospitality and solidarity offered to us when our campus was taken over by a Sanghi administration. I remember many of my friends who came from very poor backgrounds wait till 9 pm so that they can claim the leftover food of JNU hostels. It is a space that should be protected. #JNU
During my batch, our hostels were taken away because sanghis decided that they no longer wanted students who came from underprivileged backgrounds (Imagine India's premiere journalist institute doing that). Watching how JNU students fought for their rights made us fight that decision and reclaim our hostels. Believe me, this is not about JNU, it's about closing the doors of higher education to people who have been continuously kept away from the system, and it's a fight we'll have to fight. #jnu
3 years ago, a senior of mine was expelled because he reported a story that went against the college administration, and he was barred from entering the campus. He would have found it very difficult to survive if it was not for JNU. So many of India's journalists are grateful to JNU, because its existence itself opened a whole new world for us. We are with you #jnu and would continue fighting with you.
During 2016, when JNU was branded anti-national, one of our professors and a former JNUSU president went to JNU daily to show solidarity despite the warning from authorities, in the end he was forced to resign, another professor, a former BHUSU president was pushed to sidelines, students of IIMC were barred from entering JNU and yet the solidarity reamained, it remains and it will remain! #jnu