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The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) denied immoderate relation with the caller anti-pollution protestation astatine India Gate, calling the FIR naming it a acceptable of “false claims” made by the Delhi constabulary to “hatch a conspiracy” against the union.
The Delhi police, successful its FIR, alleged that protesters shouted “pro-Maoist slogans” during the objection connected Sunday (November 26, 2025). Following the protestation against worsening aerial prime successful the nationalist capital, the constabulary accused JNUSU and the All India Students’ Association (AISA) of raising slogans and displaying banners successful enactment of Madvi Hidma, a Maoist leader killed successful an brushwood successful Andhra Pradesh earlier this month, on with “other Maoist slogans”.
The police besides arrested 22 participants connected Monday (November 24, 2025), claiming that the protestation turned violent.
In its statement, the JNUSU said: “It has travel to our attraction that the Delhi constabulary has mentioned JNUSU arsenic the organiser successful its FIR regarding the protestation that took spot astatine India Gate connected Sunday. JNUSU unequivocally denies the mendacious claims made by the constabulary to hatch a conspiracy against JNUSU.”
‘Will combat back’
The FIR dated November 23 states successful Hindi: “It was known from societal media and reliable sources that connected November 23 astatine 4 p.m., nether the banner of the Delhi Co-ordinate Committee for Clean Air, members of AISA, JNUSU volition protestation astatine India Gate.”
JNUSU countered this, saying they person records showing they informed the Delhi constabulary that the national was neither organising nor participating successful Sunday’s (November 23, 2025) protest. JNUSU office-bearers told The Hindu that they had held a protestation astatine Jantar Mantar past Wednesday (November 19, 2025) and were not progressive successful the India Gate demonstration. “JNUSU volition combat backmost immoderate effort to derail and delegitimise the national on with the question for a pollution-free Delhi,” they added successful a statement.
