CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 17, 2019

THE JNU authorities have ordered that the office of the JNU Students Union should be vacated. This is the latest and flagrant attempt to suppress the elected student body.

The university authorities had refused to notify the union for the previous year 2018-19 too. This is being done despite the judicial scrutiny which legitimised the election to the JNU Students Union this year, where students have participated in very large numbers. All this is part of efforts to stop all democratic activity on the campus. Students and teachers are being targeted for standing up for their rights.

Under the Modi government, all central educational institutions are being subject to regimentation and academic freedom and democratic rights are under assault.

The CPI(M) demands the withdrawal of the order to vacate the Students Union office. The university should notify the new students union and not hinder its functioning.