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Jamia Millia Islamia suspended classes on Friday at the request of students and faculty members, the varsity said in a statement on Thursday. The university has also clarified that the “class suspension has nothing to do with Wednesday's protest”.
As the exams in Jamia Millia Islamia started in physical mode, postgraduate students staged a protest outside the proctor's office.
The Jamia students, who has been demanding withdrawal of the amendments in the law, questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that his government has never discussed the National Register of Citizens (NRC) after coming to power for the first time in 2014.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked petitioners seeking probe into violence following the Citizenship Amendment Act Protests to approach High Courts first. Top Court said concerned High Courts will be at liberty to appoint former judges of Supreme Court or High Court for the purpose of inquiry after hearing Centre and the respective States.