JNU students went on strike for fees.

The university is one of India’s most prestigious and counts top politicians including Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and this year’s Nobel economics prize winner Abhijit Banerjee among past students.Defying a ban on groups of more than four people, demonstrators started a march from the university to the parliament as part of their action against higher costs for accommodation as well as curfews and other restrictions on campus.They broke through police barricades and police had to close three metro stations because of the troubles, which first erupted last week when police fired water cannon on the students.While the government said it had created a three-member panel to hold talks with the students, the demonstrators have said they will not stop their action until the fee hike is rescinded.“We will not end the protest till the police release the students who have been detained,” added one protester, who only gave his name as Jitendra.Teachers at the university have voiced concern over the way the government and police were handling what they called “peaceful” protests.JNU has a history of left-wing activism.Many at the university have also rallied to accuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of curbing free speech.

Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar on Sunday said the academic activities have greatly suffered in the past two weeks due to the protests and urged the students to end their strike.

"During the last two weeks, the academic activities in the university have suffered greatly because some students are on strike. I have been receiving several e-mails from students and their parents expressing their concern over the loss of academic activities," said Mr. Kumar.

The Vice-Chancellor also appealed to the students to "discontinue the strike and come back to academic work".

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