The Aryavarth Express
Pune (Maharashtra):
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday strongly condemned reported sloganeering against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), alleging that the campus has become a hub for what he described as the “tukde-tukde gang.”
Singh accused individuals with “anti-national mindsets,” including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and members of parties such as the RJD, TMC, and Left groups, of supporting such activities. He warned that those backing figures like Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam—accused of pro-Pakistan sentiments and advocating the separation of the strategic “Chicken’s Neck” corridor—should be considered traitors.
“JNU has become the office of the ‘Tukde-Tukde Gang’ and people with anti-national mindsets, whether from the Congress, RJD, TMC, or Left, shouldn’t forget that this is Narendra Modi’s India of the 21st century. Vivekananda said that saffron will prevail. Those who support Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam are traitors,” Singh said.
ABVP’s JNU unit Vice President Manish Choudhary claimed slogans such as “ABVP-RSS ki kabar khudegi” were raised on campus, describing such incidents as increasingly common. He questioned the intent behind the statements, highlighting ABVP and RSS’s large national presence, and welcomed the Supreme Court’s rejection of the bail pleas of Khalid and Imam.
“Yesterday, slogans like ‘ABVP-RSS ki kabar khudegi’ were raised in JNU. Such sloganeering has become common. ABVP-RSS have crores of workers—are they talking about digging crores of graves? We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam’s bail pleas,” Choudhary said.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya emphasised the country’s adherence to judicial processes and said such slogans would not be tolerated. “The country follows a judicial process. Whatever happens in that is happening. The country will not accept this kind of sloganeering,” he told.
Echoing similar concerns, UP Minister Dayashankar Singh said that while students use public funds to study at JNU, some display a “foreign mindset,” and the nation should remain vigilant toward such tendencies.
The remarks followed reports that a group of JNU students raised slogans against the Prime Minister and Home Minister on Monday, after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in connection with the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
