I love JNU campus, have lots of friends who studied from JNU, including IAS, researchers, social activists, politicians etc. I have spent a few nights there sipping tea, munching on Maggi, watching their rallies, and have participated in various discussions regarding the concept of poverty, Marxism etc. Since I myself kept a very long beard during studies with minimalist clothing, I loved the company. I have always respected universities and their pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment.

But this is enough.

I will try to analyse the incident at JNU as objectively as possible (Sources: Television interviews, News reports, Conversations with many civil servants directly involved in this case). It is confirmed that JNU students (or whosoever were present) shouted out that:

1. Afzal Guru is a Martyr.
2. Indian Judiciary is inefficient/corrupt, and his execution process was flawed. Ruling government turned hostile and acted like a devil.
3. They made a call for "India ki Barbadi", and asserted that "his" work will be completed; also shouting "India go back".
4. The student leader said in a speech that he is not wrong, citing the similar "history" of Arundhati Roy.

Afzal Guru is a martyr:

Either they feel he was innocent, that there was false evidence against him and he was wronged by a corrupt and an inefficient judiciary, or they support the attack on Indian Parliament. In the former case, they can ask for more evidence from GOI, or provide evidence for his innocence. In the later case, they are even worse than the original perpetrator. Assuming the entire process is flawed, at max he can be labelled as "an innocent or a victim". BUT NOT A MARTYR.

Central Ruling government turned hostile:

Even if that was the case, why is everyone in the world blaming BJP for this? For your kind information, it was UPA-II who was in power while the hanging took place. To top all of that, the "main leader" of Congress went to JNU in a haste and joined the protest, and is now shouting anti-BJP slogans, virtually supporting the anti-national activities. Someone please tell him that just because the university is named after his ancestor, he should not pull off such stunts, where he is embarrassing everyone by supporting the protest against the decision of his own party.

India ki Barbadi

Destruction of India. Like seriously you want to destroy the same motherland who tolerated this non sense and some of its citizens actually support your claim. You say India is intolerant. I don't think you know what goes on at Guantanamo Bay, where USA "takes care of anti-USA elements", or the lynching of bloggers in Bangladesh, just because they did not "fall in line" with the mainstream view. Or what about China, which has the highest number of executions in the world (>50% of the entire world's capital punishment). Did you actually know that before partition more than 1/4th of Pakistan comprised of Hindus? After partition, it fell close to 14% due to mass exodus of Hindus and influx of Muslims. But even this 14% was reduced to less than 2% by the turn of the century. I love all the religions in the world, but if you feel that India is intolerant, take your kids to one of the countries mentioned above, and you will realise the TRUE MEANING of intolerance.

JNU is a part of India. So by blurting "India go back", do they actually mean that they are NOT a part of India? If that is true, it is a very serious situation, and urgent action is warranted.

Citing Arundhati Roy

I love her work. I adore The God of Small Things. But who made her the authority on sedition law? Her opinion is as good as my Medicine Professor from AIIMS. Or to give another example, just because Sachin Tendulkar is great with batting, there is no guarantee that he will be an expert on Astrology.

It is the need of the hour that all the students, protesters, leaders, media personnel etc. who directly, or indirectly supported such anti-national activities, should be handed a severe and harsh punishment, which acts as a precedent. Otherwise the sovereignty of our mother nation will be compromised to a large extent. If this issue is not handled properly, following repercussions might take place:

1. These "students" have a high probability of supporting Left Wing Extremism, either on the field, or through intellectual discourse, funding etc.
2. They can even provide support and safe haven to foreign terrorists if their ideology keeps getting support without any reprimand.
3. Similar "anti-national" protests will take place in various parts of our nation. Take for example, sloganeering happening in Jadavpur university, eulogizing Afzal, asking for Azad Kashmir (actually it is under illegal occupation of Pakistan!), sensationalizing the issue of Manipur and Nagaland.
4. Ordinary citizens living in such sensitive and troubled area can start creating trouble, citing examples of these intellectuals, demanding secession.

Few years ago, while I was pursuing MBBS, a fellow student committed suicide in an AIIMS hostel (one of many such unfortunate incidence which I witnessed). Though all the students knew the reason, there was a hoard of students from JNU, protesting inside OUR campus, saying that he was tortured and discriminated against because he was from reserved category. I was shocked to the core as to how they were trying to twist the facts just to suit their agenda.

I agree that going by the past precedence, sedition charges won't stand as it requires a very strong evidence of "exciting disaffection towards the Government established by law", according to section 124 A of IPC.

I also agree that entire JNU fraternity cannot be blamed for the acts of such idiots. I condemn the violence vetted out against the students, and I agree that the situation could have been handled in a much better way. I also feel really sad and disheartened by everyone trying to push their own agenda (politicians, media houses, social activists etc.).

I do respect the right to freedom of expression and speech and individual liberty. But imagine if a pilot, in the middle of the flight, start saying that he is going to crash the plane or actually hurl the plane towards the ground! Not many would fight for his right to speech or his individual liberty in this case.

So I feel that it is an apt time we wage a war against these "pseudo-seculars" and so called "leftists liberal-intellectuals".

Someone please remind these idiots the famous quote of John F Kennedy "Ask not what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for the country".

Let's be tolerant, but not impotent. I can't but help to write these lines, "Jis Dilli me Afzal ke samarthan me naare lage, us Dilli ki hawa me Hanumanthappa ne Saans tak lene se mana kar diya."