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The JNUSU added that abrupt replacement of the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH) by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has had adverse effect on the campus. “Sexual harassment within the university has been a matter of debate and vibrant political struggles in JNU, leading to setting up of the GSCASH. Five of the eight women who have accused JNU Professor Atul Johri of sexual harassment during a press conference on Wednesday . The GSCASH, which evolved better mechanisms to ensure a fair inquiry, should be reinstated immediately,” the union added. ‘Vested interests’“What is unfortunate is that a particular organisation with vested interests has sought to use this matter to portray the entire movement to suspend Prof.
Johri as a political conspiracy..