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From the day, the Amended Citizenship Act has passed, there have been several cases of protest in many states of India. Already the talks of the violent clash between the Jamia Milia Islamia students and the police has created a tension in the air, Delhi’s northeast area Seelampur-Jafrabad area has added fuel to the fire.

The fee hike yarn in Jawahar Lal University or JNU on November 11 and later the rollback step taken by the administration to calm down the students didn’t work well. The beating of a visually-impaired student added fuel to the fire. It has been 30 days, the shouting of slogans, dharnas and raising banners is in full-on mode. They confronted the police, broke the barricades and vandalized the statue of Vivekananda which was placed on the campus. They are not even ready to listen to anything except the cancellation of hikes. They even called the recommendations made by authorities as an insult to the education system.

JNU recently announced a fee hike which would increase rent for a single-occupancy room to Rs 600 per month (partially rolled back to Rs 200) from Rs 20, while double-occupancy was to rise to Rs 300 (rolled back to Rs 100) from Rs 10.

JNU students have been protesting against changes in hostel manuals for the last three weeks Students room rent increased from Rs 10 to Rs 300 and the mess security fees was increased to Rs. 12 thousand.

The administration finally had to bow to the students who had been protesting for several days against various issues, including fee hike at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The increased hostel fees have been withdrawn during the official council meeting on the university campus on Wednesday.