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Kanhaiya Kumar denounces TISS disciplinary action against student protesters
Updated On: 22 August, 2018 04:12 PM IST | Mumbai | Pallavi Smart
Fahad Ahmad, former general secretary of the students' council at TISS, who spearheaded the protest, was denied PhD registration
Kanhaiya Kumar
Kanhaiya Kumar, firebrand student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has denounced the disciplinary actions taken by Mumbai's Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) against protesting students, calling it a violation of the right to education. In an exclusive chat with mid-day, he said he will meet his TISS counterparts today.
Fahad Ahmad, former general secretary of the students' council at TISS, who spearheaded the protest, was denied PhD registration. Many other students' Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) scholarship was stopped pending approval by the institute administration.
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