Umar Khalid Book Discussion Goes Ahead at JNU Despite ABVP Opposition Politics

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) on Monday went ahead with a scheduled discussion on a book by former JNU student Umar Khalid, with several students and teachers attending the event despite the cancellation of the original venue. 

As the university cancelled the booking of the auditorium where the event was originally planned, the discussion began around 3 pm as scheduled, outside the School of Social Sciences-II



building.

The discussion on former JNU student Khalid's book "Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power" was originally scheduled to be held at the School of Social Sciences-I (SSS-I) auditorium. It was planned to observe the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, the students' union said.

The university cancelled the booking, saying "full facts" about the programme had not been disclosed.