<p>The national flag should not only fly atop a 207-ft mast on university campuses but also at RSS headquarters in Nagpur, JNU students union said today asserting that their varsity already has a flag-post since decades.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The statement from JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) comes in wake of a resolution, adopted yesterday at a meeting of the Vice Chancellors with HRD Minister Smriti, saying the tricolour will fly on the campuses of all 46 central varsities "prominently and proudly" to signify a "strong India".<br /><br />"No wonder how anti-national JNU is branded as, the flag-post at the administration block has existed here since decades. But this 'nationalism' is not only needed in universities but there is also a need to replace the 'saffron' flag atop RSS headquarters in Nagpur with the national flag," said JNUSU Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora at a press conference here today.<br /><br />"RSS has always had a problem with JNU and every now and then this anti-national tag has been hurled at the university ever since the BJP government came to power. But we stand united and the varsity is very much national," she added.<br /><br />The varsity is caught in a row over an event on campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, where anti-national slogans were allegedly released.<br /><br />The JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar is in judicial custody in a sedition case over the incident. <br /><br /></p>
<p>The national flag should not only fly atop a 207-ft mast on university campuses but also at RSS headquarters in Nagpur, JNU students union said today asserting that their varsity already has a flag-post since decades.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The statement from JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) comes in wake of a resolution, adopted yesterday at a meeting of the Vice Chancellors with HRD Minister Smriti, saying the tricolour will fly on the campuses of all 46 central varsities "prominently and proudly" to signify a "strong India".<br /><br />"No wonder how anti-national JNU is branded as, the flag-post at the administration block has existed here since decades. But this 'nationalism' is not only needed in universities but there is also a need to replace the 'saffron' flag atop RSS headquarters in Nagpur with the national flag," said JNUSU Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora at a press conference here today.<br /><br />"RSS has always had a problem with JNU and every now and then this anti-national tag has been hurled at the university ever since the BJP government came to power. But we stand united and the varsity is very much national," she added.<br /><br />The varsity is caught in a row over an event on campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, where anti-national slogans were allegedly released.<br /><br />The JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar is in judicial custody in a sedition case over the incident. <br /><br /></p>