On January 5, 2026, the Supreme Court denied bail to former JNU students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case under UAPA, citing prima facie evidence of their central roles in coordinated disruptions. Hours later, 30-40 JNU students from Left outfits like DSF, AISA, and SFI gathered at Guerrilla Dhaba to mark the sixth anniversary of the January 5, 2020 campus attack, raising provocative slogans against PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah; JNUSU president Aditi Mishra and VP Kizhakoot Gopika Babu attended, defending them as ideological expressions of dissent. JNU administration filed an FIR, vowing strict action against “anti-national” activities, while BJP Delhi ministers Kapil Mishra, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, and Ashish Sood slammed the protests as support for separatists—linking Imam’s Northeast bifurcation calls and Khalid’s alleged riot roles to opposition like Congress and AAP—and warned of threats to national unity. From an Indian security lens, the episode exposes persistent urban Naxal networks undermining law amid judicial resolve, risking internal stability and emboldening anti-national elements.