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New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) said Tuesday evening it had lodged an FIR with the Delhi police against students who it alleges raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah on campus.

Among the slogans the students can be heard shouting in a video recording of the protest was a metaphorical reference to the “burial” – i.e. eventual defeat – of Modi, Shah and their rule: ‘Modi Raj ki qabr khudegi JNU ki dharti par’ and ‘Modi-Shah ki qabr khudegi JNU ke dharti par’, which translate to ‘JNU will one day bury Modi’s Rule’ and ‘Modi-Shah’.

The university administration said in a post on X that it would discipline its students if they were found to have raised the slogans. Promising the “strictest action”, the university said that........

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