<p class="title">The basic demand of JNU students on the issue of hostel fee hike has been met and calls for the removal of the university's Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar are now not reasonable, says Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The situation in the university is turning normal, the minister told PTI in an interview.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Over 80 per cent students have already registered for the winter semester. The students who want to study should not be disturbed. If our universities have to excel in global competition, we need to rise above these issues," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The basic demand of students about the hostel fees hike has been met. The calls for JNU VC's removal now are not reasonable, removing anybody is not the solution," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asserting that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not aimed at taking away anybody's citizenship, the minister appealed to students "to explain this to those misleading public on the issue and indulging in petty politics".</p>
<p class="title">The basic demand of JNU students on the issue of hostel fee hike has been met and calls for the removal of the university's Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar are now not reasonable, says Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The situation in the university is turning normal, the minister told PTI in an interview.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Over 80 per cent students have already registered for the winter semester. The students who want to study should not be disturbed. If our universities have to excel in global competition, we need to rise above these issues," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The basic demand of students about the hostel fees hike has been met. The calls for JNU VC's removal now are not reasonable, removing anybody is not the solution," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asserting that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not aimed at taking away anybody's citizenship, the minister appealed to students "to explain this to those misleading public on the issue and indulging in petty politics".</p>