Srinagar: College students remain seated during national anthem

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): A video from Srinagar has surfaced wherein some college students can be seen seated while the national anthem was being played.The video was shot at the convocation ceremony of Srinagar's Sher-e-Kashmir University, which took place on July 4.

While majority of those present at the ceremony stood up during the national anthem, a handful chose to remain seated.More details are awaited in this regard.

A similar incident took place in November last year, when two students of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri were booked for disrespecting the national anthem.

In another identical incident, a Students' Federation of India (SFI) leader was suspended from his college in Kochi for allegedly insulting the national anthem in March this year.