Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 1339 on Jawaharlal Nehru University: Violence, what representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on violence at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Reports of attacks against students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are concerning. Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials raised the ongoing protests across India with the Indian High Commission in London on 14 January. We will continue to monitor the situation and raise our concerns with Indian officials where appropriate.