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DU students meet Minister for Home

NEW DELHI: A delegation of seven students from Delhi University met Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal on Thursday to demand nullification of the September 16 written test for recruitment of policemen as some of the examinees had allegedly molested girl students on the campus.

“We submitted a memorandum to Mr. Jaiswal and told him that this should be treated as a special case as it involved a large mob and it was next to impossible to identify individuals,” said Maya John, a member of the delegation, after the meeting.

“Although it will be our endeavour to identify individual culprits wherever possible, we cannot allow the men who indulged in these acts to go unpunished. We feel that this is a special case and therefore requires special attention. If no punishment is given to these men, it will further embolden them, and others like them, to molest women under the cover of a mob and get away unpunished. Therefore, the exam should be nullified,” she added.

Maya claimed that the Minister responded “very positively” and said that since the nullification of the examination was not under his purview, he would write a letter to Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh on this issue.

The delegation will now meet Mr. Singh on Saturday to push the case further.

To take their struggle forward, students of Indraprastha College for Women, Miranda House, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Gargi College, Daulat Ram College, Hans Raj College, Hindu College and Ramjas College among others have formed a joint action committee.

“The Committee is independent of all organised students’ groups and college administrations. It is going to carry forward the spontaneous movement of ordinary students until we get justice,” said Maya John.

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