Updated Dec 22, 2020 | 10:23 IST
JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh has asked Jawaharlal Nehru University administration to permit Social Science students to return to campus. The varsity has declined, sharing that they have already lost 5 employees. JNU Reopening News | | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Members of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) assembled outside the vice-chancellor s office on Monday and demanded that students of social sciences also be allowed to return to the campus.
The university administration maintained that the students will be called back in phases as despite utmost precautions, there are 39 active COVID-19 cases on the campus. We demand that the social sciences students be also allowed back on the campus so that they can continue with their research work and submit their thesis on time, JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh said. In a statement, the university said JNU has already lost five employees to COVID-19