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JNU Students Detained Protesting VC's 'Hateful Remarks' on Dalits, Blacks

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News18•26-02-2026, 18:30

JNU Students Detained Protesting VC's 'Hateful Remarks' on Dalits, Blacks

•JNU students, led by JNUSU, detained by Delhi Police during a protest demanding VC Santishree D Pandit's resignation.
•Protest sparked by VC's alleged 'hateful remarks' on Dalits and Blacks in a podcast, where she stated they 'cannot progress by being permanently a victim'.
•Students attempted to march to the Ministry of Education, but university gates were locked and barricades placed.
•Scuffle ensued as protestors broke locks; police detained students, who alleged brutality and suppression of protest rights.
•VC defended her remarks, claiming they were taken out of context and misrepresented for 'political purposes', stating she is against anyone being a 'permanent victim or oppressor'.

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