Miscreants vandalise Swami Vivekananda statue in JNU campus

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A statue of Swami Vivekananda inside Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) was vandalized by miscreants.The statue is situated on the right side of the administrative block opposite the statue of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Earlier, objectionable messages for JNU vice chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar were found on the walls of the administration block. 

Students had been protesting against the administration's decision to hike the hostel fee and impose some strict guidelines in its hostel manual. All students organisations, including the Left groups, RSS-linked ABVP and Congress-linked NSUI opposed the steep hike in the hostel fee. 

Coming under massive protest, the university on Wednesday decided to roll back the hike to some extent.

According to sources, the room rent which was raised to Rs 600 from Rs 20 for single occupancy will now be Rs 200. Similarly, for double occupancy the rent was hiked from Rs 10 to Rs 300. The amount will now be Rs 100.

The students had on Monday staged protest outside AICTE, the venue for the convocation. As the protests escalated, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' was stuck inside for over six hours and forced to cancel two scheduled events.