New Delhi: Students of Jamia Milia Islamia University have been braving the chilling cold to continue their protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, the NRC and violence against counterparts on the campus by Delhi police.
Meanwhile, it is the act of Jamia students that have touched the hearts of Indians. Students were spotted cleaning the streets mid-night. After the protesters dispersed, discarded posters, plastic bottles and other waste materials were spotted lying on the roads near the university. Refusing to let their principles go to waste, students of Jamia stepped out late last night in an endeavor to clean up the streets.
Several videos and photos that emerged on social media, which showed the students picking up the trash and disposing them.
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This is Jamia, this is what Jamia has engrained in us, we follow the path of nonviolence, we follow the path of not letting other littering around us and if anyone does it we clean their mess as well. Jamia students and one of my senior PhD fellow cleaning road and pavements. pic.twitter.com/wLhGs2JQK7
— Javed (@Javed_alam0005) December 16, 2019
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Students of #Jamia cleaning up on road. I love #JamiaMilliaIslamia #JamiaMillia #JamiaStudents pic.twitter.com/rdgsfvkLwp
— Javad Mehdi (@javadmehdi110) December 16, 2019
Students cleaning up the #jamia campus after #CABProtests pic.twitter.com/xwF9waLokA
— . (@Insane_Insaan) December 17, 2019
18 year old Faisal is my Hero of the day ♥️
He is cleaning his campus along with some other students like him after another day of protests.
Protests will resume tomorrow morning.#JamiaMiliaIslamia #CABProtests pic.twitter.com/xCiWN3cJbw
— Zeba Warsi (@Zebaism) December 16, 2019
This is such a thoughtful gesture#JamiaMilliaIslamia students cleaning the road in front of the University after yesterday burtuality
Moments like these make this University what it is. Trolls can say whatever @tamashbeen_
More power Hatsoff for #jamia students😍 @asadowaisi pic.twitter.com/GY1XT4JF2Y
— §umaiya khan (@pathan_sumaya) December 16, 2019
Peaceful protests organised by the students of the university turned violent on Sunday when clashes broke out between the cops and the protesters. Going by visuals doing the rounds on social media and accounts of the students on site, the police resorted to tear gas and batons in order to disperse the crowd. While the Delhi Police asserts that the cops exercised utmost caution and restraint while dealing students, videos showed otherwise.
As reports of police action spread like wild fire, the whole nation erupted in protests as educational institutions around the country took to the streets to make their voices heard. Jamia Milia, too, refused to take things lying down surrounded their campus, made human chains, held up placards and participated in sloganeering to establish their point.