MP Imran Masood scales wall to meet Jamia protesting students

CNN Central News & Network-ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: New Delhi. Amid the ongoing agitation at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University demanding the restoration of student union elections, Congress MP Imran Masood reached the campus on Friday night to meet students. According to media reports, because police were deployed at the main entrance, he entered the campus by scaling a wall about six to seven feet high. He spoke to students sitting on dharna and hunger strike and supported their demands. Delhi Police detained him while he was leaving. He was released at around 5:30 on Saturday morning.

Students’ agitation has been continuing since October 12. Students at Jamia have been protesting since October 12, demanding restoration of the student union and announcement of the election schedule. Students say they should get an opportunity to raise their demands and restore student representation. During the agitation, some students have also been sitting on hunger strike. What did the MP say in support of the students? During his interaction with the students, Imran Masood said students are the future of the country and their demands should be heard seriously. He appealed to the university administration to respond on the issue of restoring student union elections. Masood also said he would raise the students’ demands before the university administration.

Why did police detain him? According to a senior Delhi Police officer, the MPs were detained while trying to enter the campus without permission to join the protest. Police said they were kept in preventive detention. There are also reports that Samajwadi Party MP Mohibullah Nadvi was detained in this development. After the ongoing movement demanding restoration of the student union at Jamia and the police action, discussion has intensified over the role of the university administration. Attention will now be on what decision is taken next on the students’ demands.

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