In Mumbai, students “occupy Gateway” of India in support of JNU students and teachers
Thousands of students from various colleges including Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) joined the protest at the Gateway of India on Monday morning to condemn the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
The protest began by student holding a candlelight march to show solidarity with JNU students. They also shouted slogans condemning the violence.
Youngsters assembled on a pavement across the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel near the Gateway of India to condemn the violence.
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The Film and Television Institute of India, Pune is also protesting, condemning the violence in Delhi
Hundreds of people staged protests in Pune on Monday condemning the manner in which students and teachers were targeted at JNU.
The impromptu protests started from midnight and continued till morning at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Campus.
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In Kerala, the Students' Federation of India (SFI) — an Indian student organisation affiliated to the Communist Party of India — also held a march to the Accountant General's office in Thiruvananthapuram.
SFI state president VA Vineesh inaugurated the march.
"From the beginning, the Modi government from the beginning has been trying to destroy educational institutions in our country. They are saffronising and capitalising the education sector. But we won't bend to this, we will ideologically oppose their attempt to destroy us with weapons," News Minute reported citing Vineesh, the president of SFI.
The mob attack has also caught the attention of students abroad — from Oxford University in England. The university students called a protest “against the recent violence unleashed on JNU students” at 12 pm (local time) at the university campus.
Whereas, SOAS University of London will also hold a protest against the JNU attack at 10 am (local time) in Bloomsbury. In Cape Town, people against apartheid and fascim planned a protest at 1pm on Monday.
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