A day after a section of JNU teachers and students alleged that they were ‘heckled’ at the Academic Council meeting here, the university administration on Saturday accused the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) and JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) of disrupting the proceedings and “unlawfully” taking pictures and videos.
JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar, in a release, said that despite requests from the chair, the student representatives started taking pictures and video clips, even as a few teachers backed by the JNUTA president tried to disrupt the meeting.
“More unlawful and unfortunate thing is the misuse of such recording by the JNUSU president who posted selected clips on the social media even when the meeting was going on. A few teachers kept shouting to prevent the chairperson from allowing other members to give their views,” said Mr. Kumar.
‘Attempt to defame’
It was a deliberate attempt by the JNUTA and JNUSU to spread misinformation on social media to defame a sacrosanct body like the Academic Council, the statement said.
Refuting the allegations, JNUSU president Mohit Kumar Pandey on Saturday asked the Registrar to make public the entire proceedings of the meeting.