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New Delhi: Both faculty members and students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday boycotted classes after the varsity administration issued an advisory to resume classes following two office-bearers of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association declaring their "non-cooperation" to do so. However, when a delegation of five teachers from JNUTA met with officials of the HRD Ministry in the afternoon, they said there was no way they could resume classes as their students were not returning to the campus. The teachers' association also reiterated their demand for V-C Jagadesh Kumar's removal as varsity chief with another meeting with ministry officials scheduled for Tuesday (today). However, in the meantime, the teachers' association has said that they "totally reject" the V-C advisory to resume classes and the warning issued to JNUTA about organising assemblies around the academic complex. He added that universities should not be converted into political arenas and appealed the students to call off their agitation..