JNU cancels auditorium booking as discussion centred on jailed activist Umar Khalid's book
Student union said no particular reason was given for cancelling venue. JNU on X later cited “non-disclosure of the full facts about the program” as the reason.
JNU has cancelled an auditorium booking for a book discussion centred on jailed activist Umar Khalid's PhD thesis, 'Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power'. The event, originally scheduled for Monday, August 10 in the School of Social Sciences-I auditorium, has been moved to an unspecified alternate location.
The discussion, organized by the JNU Students Union on the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, was to feature speakers including professors, a writer, journalist, social activist, and Khalid's partner. Umar Khalid, who has been imprisoned since September 2020 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his alleged involvement in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, is awaiting the start of his trial.
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