March 23 will forever be etched in the hearts of every Indian as the day Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev attained martyrdom during India’s freedom struggle. So when the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) chose March 23, 2018 to march to the Parliament demanding a complete overhaul of the university management and suspension of a professor accused of sexual harassment, one expected the country to unite in support of these brave college students.
Alas they were not only, once again, branded as ‘anti-national’, but also manhandled and beaten by the police personnel present at the spot. Some women protesters also claim that they were molested and their clothes were torn off.
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