Protests erupted at Jawaharlal Nehru University on 22 February 2026 after Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit made controversial remarks on caste and affirmative action in an interview given to The Sunday Guardian. The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union termed the comments “casteist” and demanded her resignation. As demonstrations intensified, clashes broke out between Left-affiliated students and members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, with both sides accusing each o

#Watch | Protests broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected bail pleas filed by activists and university alumni Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. Videos of the protest quickly circulated on social media, with some clips purportedly capturing objectionable slogans being raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and industrialist Gautam Adani. #JNU #DelhiRiotsCase #

Protests erupted at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Monday after the Supreme Court rejected the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. [JNU protest, Umar Khalid bail] #NewsWithTN | TIMES NOW

At Jawaharlal Nehru University, Left-wing students from SFI, DSF and AISA gathered at the “Guerilla Dhaba” to mark six years of the 2020 JNU ⱥttⱥck. The night turned charged as slogans against PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah echoed, with prøtesters demanding the release of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam after the Supreme Court refused them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case. 👉Free Speech Vs ‘Anti-National’ Politics What students call a fight for civil liberties, academic freedom and democrati