New Delhi:
The JNUSU on
Thursday said it has received an “overwhelming support” from more
than 150 universities and institutes across the world in its battle against the
hostel fee hike.
Following protests from the students’ union, the
administration partially rolled back the hostel fee hike on Wednesday and also
removed the clauses pertaining to an dress code and curfew timings from the
Draft Hostel Manual.
In a statement on Thursday, the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Students’ Union (JNUSU) said “the ongoing struggle to safeguard public
education has received overwhelming support and solidarity” from over
2,000 members of the academic community, currently placed in more than 150
universities and institutes around the world.
“Members of the academic community from Asia, Africa,
North America, Europe and Australia have extended their solidarity to JNUSU and
the entire JNU students community,” it said, adding that its battle
against the hostel manual will continue.
Facing an intense agitation for over two weeks, the JNU
administration partially rolled back the hostel fee hike for BPL (below poverty
line) students not availing any scholarship on Wednesday, a move that failed to
satisfy the protesting students, who dubbed it as an “eyewash” and
decided to continue with the strike. (PTI)
