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Days aft clashes during a protestation successful enactment of UGC equity rules, Delhi University (DU) has prohibited protests, nationalist meetings, processions, and demonstrations of immoderate benignant for a play of 1 month.
DU Proctor Manoj Kumar Singh connected Tuesday (February 17, 2026) issued an bid stating, “This bid is issued successful presumption of accusation received indicating that unrestricted nationalist gatherings, processions, oregon demonstrations connected field whitethorn pb to obstruction of traffic, threats to quality life, and disturbance of nationalist peace.”
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It added that successful the past, organisers person failed to power specified protests, and person escalated widely, resulting successful “deterioration of instrumentality and order” wrong the campus. The bid states that it volition beryllium successful effect for a play of 1 month, unless withdrawn earlier.
It further details the benignant of protests that are temporarily prohibited including holding nationalist meetings, rallies, dharna, protests oregon agitations, assemblies of 5 oregon much people, engaging successful immoderate enactment that whitethorn impact wide tranquillity of the nationalist oregon the creaseless travel of traffic, shouting slogans and making speeches, and carrying hazardous materials.
Mr. Singh told The Hindu that it was issued successful airy of the caller incidental connected field wherever clashes took place, adding, “The bid has been issued to guarantee bid and tranquillity connected campus”.
On Friday, All India Students’ Association (AISA) had organised a objection successful solidarity with the UGC (Promotion of Equity successful Higher Educational Institutions) 2026. While AISA alleged that Youtuber Ruchi Tiwari hurled casteist slurs astatine its members, the Youtuber said she was allegedly manhandled and assaulted by the protesters. The constabulary person filed 2 FIRs, aft some sides filed constabulary complaints.
The UGC equity rules were stayed by the Supreme Court past month, dividing students and younker into two: with immoderate backing the rules and providing instances of caste favoritism connected campus, and others alleging that the rules “discriminate against the wide category” by leaving them “out of the ambit of caste discrimination”.
