According to the sources, the clash took place during a public meeting organised by the JNU Teachers' Association
Senior BJP leader and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, a JNU alumnus, described the violence as 'horrifying'
The government wants universities to be safe for students, Sitharaman said
The Ministry of Home Affairs also sought a report from the Delhi Police about the situation prevailing in the prestigious institution and the steps taken to restore peace
Violence broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks attacked students and teachers
Appealing to students to continue the boycott of the registration process, the JNUSU claimed the administration is "extremely rattled" by the unity of students.
JNU students have boycotted exams on the issue of hostel fee hike and have condemned the university for sending question papers to students via WhatsApp
Justice A K Chawla directed the university to file an affidavit giving details of the students named in the contempt petition, including their courses, its status and duration of stay in the campus
The ministry has also asked the university to sympathetically consider and give a relaxation of two weeks to make up for the lost academic period
The HRD Ministry may 'facilitate' a resolution but will not issue any 'directive'
When the students reached a cordoned area, they tried to jump the barricades and were lathicharged by the police
Swamy, while making the recommendation, said that there are so many institutions named after Nehru and it is time to rename institutions on the name of others
Students are against differential fees and also now demand nothing less than the removal of the Vice Chancellor
Former students' union president N Sai Balaji said, "Students are standing here to welcome the high powered committee. The students want to tell them about the issues arising due to fee hike.
The HRD Ministry constituted the three-member committee on Monday to recommend ways to restore normal functioning at JNU
Jawaharlal Nehru University students have been protesting for nearly three weeks against the draft hostel manual
The students took to Twitter to share pictures from the march and the injuries they received, allegedly due to the baton charge by the police
The JNU students alleged that they were baton-charged as they marched towards Parliament
The Human Resource Development Ministry's committee on JNU will initiate dialogues with students and administration as well as submit recommendations on resolution of all issues
The agitation comes on the first day of the Parliament's Winter Session, which will end on December 13.