New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has cancelled the booking of its auditorium for a discussion on former student Umar Khalid's book Fractured Communities: Adivasi Histories and the Politics of Power, citing "non-disclosure of the full facts about the programme".

The event was scheduled to be held on August 10 from 3 pm to 6 pm at the School of Social Sciences (SSS-I) auditorium.

The programme was organised as a discussion on the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.

In a statement issued on X on Sunday, JNU said, "The booking of the auditorium SSS-1 stands cancelled because of non-disclosure of the full facts about the programme."

The university added that JNU is a "democratic an...