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Najma Akhtar, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, described a small group of students as having no following and accused them of disturbing the peace of the campus. We do not want any disturbance in the campus. We want to maintain peace and harmony in the university where students are studying and appearing for exams. “A small group like the Students Federation of India [SFI], which has no following, is protesting. We do not accept this kind of behavior. Their aim is to disturb the peace and harmony in the campus. At any cost, I will not allow such behavior under my watch.”
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The screening plan at Jamia came a day after a similar announcement by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students that did not go as planned with students alleging deliberate power cut by the varsity administration and subsequent stone pelting went.
Congress leader’s son quits party after criticizing BBC documentary
In another major development, Anil Antony, son of senior Congress leader AK Antony, quit the grand old party after being asked to delete a post criticizing the BBC documentary on PM Modi. His resignation comes a day after he extended support to the BJP over the controversial BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi.
In a Twitter post, Anil wrote: “I have resigned from my roles in @incindia @INCKerala. Intolerable calls to retract a tweet by fighters for free speech. I refuse @Facebook wall of hate/abuse by trek supporters to promote love! Hypocrisy is your name! Life goes on.”
In the resignation letter, Anil said: “In view of yesterday’s events, I believe it would be appropriate for me to step down from all my roles in the Congress – as Convener of KPCC Digital Media, and National Co-ordinator of AICC Social Media.” As Coordinator and Digital Communication Cell.
Episode 2 of BBC documentary released
Meanwhile, the second episode of the BBC docu-series on PM Modi, whose links surfaced on social media, came to light after the central government slammed the documentary as a “propaganda piece” that lacked objectivity and reflected a colonial mindset . TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday shared a link to the second part of the series, questioning PM Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
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