New Delhi: Hundreds of students of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) clashed with the police and paramilitary forces as the later tried removing them from the campus where they were protesting against a 300 per cent hike in hostel fee.
Dress code and curfew timings were also among the issues apart from the hostel fee that the students were protesting against.
As per reports, rent for a single room has been hiked from Rs 10 to Rs 300; double room from Rs 20 to Rs 600 and the one-time refundable mess security deposit has been hiked from Rs 5,500 to Rs 12,000.
Meanwhile, Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal met student leaders earlier today and assured them that a solution to their issues will be found soon.
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