Modiji... students will rock your government: Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who came to a students' protest rally in the capital yesterday said the Centre was at "war" with the students of the country and asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "mend his ways". Otherwise, he said, students will "teach him a lesson".

The protesters, including hundreds of students from University of Hyderabad and Osmania University, demanded justice for Vemula, and protested against police action at JNU. PICS/PTI

Kejriwal said youth of the country would come down hard on Modi if he does not mend his ways. "If Modiji does not mend his ways then very soon the youth and students will come together to teach him a lesson," Kejriwal said, adding, "I had said earlier, ‘Modiji students se pange mat lena' (don't mess with students). Otherwise they will rock your government and you won't have a clue."

Arvind Kejriwal

In the second such protest in less than a week, thousands of students from various universities across the country yesterday took to the streets in the national capital demanding justice for Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula and protesting the JNU crisis.

The students marched from Ambedkar Bhawan in central Delhi's Jandewalan to Jantar Mantar. The protesters, including hundreds of students from University of Hyderabad and Osmania University, demanded justice for Vemula.

Students from universities in Delhi, such as Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University, Jamia Milia and Ambedkar University, joined the march condemning the police action in
JNU. Vemula's mother Radhika and brother Raja also participated in the march.