Opposition to meet President on 13 January
New Delhi: A day after shocking violence in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Opposition parties on Monday decided to seek a meeting with President Ram Nath Kovind on January 13 .
There was widespread condemnation by the Opposition led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who sought a judicial inquiry into the incident while the CPI(M) demanded that the JNU vice-chancellor be sacked.
The varsity will also hold an alumni march at 3 pm on Tuesday where all eminent persons who have studied in JNU would be asked to participate.
The meeting with the President is being coordinated by the Congress and Mrs Gandhi has asked party treasurer Ahmed Patel to speak to other parties, sources told this newspaper.
The Congress also constituted a fact-finding committee to look into the incident, which would be led by Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev. Apart from Ms Dev, the other members of the fact-finding committee are former NSUI president and Kerala MP Hibi Eden, MP Syed Naseer Hussain, and former president of JNU NSUI and Amrita Dhawan, a former NSUI president and ex-DUSU president.
