Amid Rustications and Accountability Crisis at JNU, RTI Reveals Serious Reservation Violation
Mohd Arshid and Rakhohori Bag | 04 March 2026 | The Wire
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is in the news again due to the administration’s apathy. This time, it is because, for the first time in the history of the varsity, the entire central panel of the JNU Students’ Union – comprising the president, vice president, general secretary, and joint secretary – has been rusticated for resisting the installation of facial recognition technology (FRT) in the B.R. Ambedkar central library and for raising the legitimate demand to increase reading space in the library.
Those rusticated include former JNUSU President Nitish Kumar, along with the current JNUSU central panel members: President Aditi Mishra, Vice President Gopika K. Babu, General Secretary Sunil Yadav, and Joint Secretary Danish Ali…