SFI plans screening of BBC's Modi documentary on JMI campus at 6 pm, university says 'will not allow'
Press Trust of India | January 25, 2023 | 03:22 PM IST | 1 min read
The SFI's Jamia Millia Islamia unit has issued a poster informing the BBC documentary will be screened at 6 pm at the MCRC lawn gate no 8.
NEW DELHI : Left-affiliated Students' Federation of India (SFI) Wednesday announced it will screen the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus at 6 pm. The university administration, however, said no permission has been sought for the screening of the documentary and "we will not allow" it.
The SFI's Jamia unit has issued a poster informing the documentary will be screened at 6 pm at the MCRC lawn gate no 8. When contacted, a Jamia official said, "They did not ask for a permission for the screening and we will not allow the screening. If students go out of their way to do something then strict action would be taken against them."
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The screening at the Jamia campus comes a day after a similar screening was organised at the Jawaharlal Nehru University during which students claimed that power and internet were suspended and stones were thrown at them.
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