Cops shoo away meritorious students from Raj Bhawan in Bhopal

Meritorious students were shooed away by the police and were made to wait for hours to get scholarship because of last-minute changes in the programme organised by RGPV at Raj Bhavan.

Updated on: Sep 9, 2014, 20:58:19 IST

Hindustan Times | By Shruti Tomar, Bhopal

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Meritorious students were shooed away by the police and made to wait for three to four hours to get Chancellor’s scholarship on Monday because of some last-minute changes in the programme that was organised by Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) at Raj Bhavan on Monday.

Students and their parents from across the state reached the Raj Bhavan at 12.30pm to attend the programme which was scheduled to be held at 1pm but the security officers stopped them at the gate and shooed them away.

When they wanted to know the reasons, security officers told them that the programme has got delayed as no media interaction was held by the Governor House before the scholarship distribution function.

So, just before the main function the Governor House held a media interaction programme which caused the delay, the security officers said.

Students waited for hours outside Raj Bhavan. A father of a student, who had come from Khandwa, said, "I was waiting for three hours. If they had changed the schedule, they should have informed in advance. The students, who have come from different parts of state for felicitation programme, were chased away by police personnel. The behavior of security officers was really unacceptable".

However, any official from Governor House refused to comment on the incident.

The programme started at 4.30pm and governor Ram Naresh Yadav conferred students with Chancellor’s scholarship.

Principal secretary (technical education) Sanjay Singh and principal secretary to governor Vinod Semwal and university professors were present at the function.

Higher education minister Umashankar Gupta and vice-chancellor Piyush Trivedi also addressed the function. The Governor gave away scholarships to 250 students.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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