CPM MP Appeals to Intervene in JNU Students' Hunger Strike

Students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have been on a hunger strike for 17 days. In view of their deteriorating health, CPM (Communist Party of India-Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has appealed to President Droupadi Murmu and Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi to intervene. He has demanded the withdrawal of expulsion orders of students, removal of some rules related to protests, and an early solution to the problems of students. Brittas wrote a letter to the President and the Education Minister on Sunday. He also raised the matter on social media platform X on Monday. He said that the health of the hunger-striking students is deteriorating. According to Brittas, the students started a hunger strike on 3 October. He says that the university administration was not paying attention to the long-standing demands of the students. After this, the students started a hunger strike. The indefinite hunger strike by JNU students, now in its 17th day, and the deterioration of action of the health of the students, demanded the intervention of the Union Minister of Education, Hon'ble Minister of Education, Y.Y.Urrr, as the Union Minister of Education, Hon'ble Minister of Health, Hon'ble Minister of Education