Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is home to "a huge anti-national block which has the aim of disintegrating India," says RSS mouthpiece "Panchjanya". "JNU routinely hosts anti-national activities," it claimed.

"In 2010 when Naxals in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, killed 75 paramilitary personnel, pro-Naxal students' unions of the university celebrated openly and hailed the act. And all this happened under the nose of the JNU administration."

It alleged, "JNU is one such institute where nationalism is considered an offense. Presenting Indian culture in a distorted way is common. The removal of Army from Kashmir is supported here. They advocate various other anti-national activities here."

"I often heard JNU professors discuss means and measures to undermine national unity and culture at events organized by anti-national organizations... I then realized that JNU is home to a large chunk of anti-national groupings which have the singular aim of disintegrating India," the article said.

Panchjanya says that JNU's tendency of relying on the state for resources (JNU is a central university funded by the government) "is nothing but capitalism masquerading as socialism and even Maoism."

"These tendencies are inspired by two things, bitterness for Hindus and an urge to break India. These things became possible due to two historical reasons. The first was the desire of Nehru and his successors impose a state-run model of economy on India and two, Nehru's proximity to the Soviet block. But when the Soviet block disintegrated, a new political thought that emerged in institutions like JNU which started changing their political slogan from class struggle to caste struggle," the article said.

By Premji