JNU teachers divided over students' stir

New Delhi: The teaching community at JNU is divided over the student agitation against arrest of its student union president on sedition charges, with a group of them opposing the administration while the others advocated waiting for law to takes its course.

While a section of teachers on Tuesday joined the students in boycotting classes in protest against arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar and said they would take classes on “nationalism” in the varsity lawns, the other section condemned the disruption of academic functioning of the university.

“The administration is not only acting against students but also teachers and we are being openly attacked while the V-C stays mum over it. The world is now referring to JNU as a hub of anti-nationals on basis of propaganda of some. It is time we taught our students what nationalism is,” said Rohith Azad, a faculty member.