DDU students demand more seats

STUDENTS OF DDU Gorakhpur University took out a procession in support of their six-point demands, gheraoed the residence of vice-chancellor Prof Arun Kumar and burnt his effigy for delaying redressal of the student union?s demand to increase seats in evening classes. Students leaders led by Onkar Dhar Dwivedi, Ajay Sharma, Akhilesh Dubey and others took out the procession from NC Hostel and reached the V-C?s residence.

STUDENTS OF DDU Gorakhpur University took out a procession in support of their six-point demands, gheraoed the residence of vice-chancellor Prof Arun Kumar and burnt his effigy for delaying redressal of the student union’s demand to increase seats in evening classes.

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Students leaders led by Onkar Dhar Dwivedi, Ajay Sharma, Akhilesh Dubey and others took out the procession from NC Hostel and reached the V-C’s residence.
They shouted slogans against the university administration and sat on a dharna. Later, Prof Arun Kumar reached the dharna spot and promised that he would convene a meeting of the executive council before August 12 to to take a decision on increasing the seats.

The students demanded 100 per cent increase in registration of PhD and said the merit system for PhD registration should be cancelled. They demanded that generators should be provided in all the hostels as unscheduled and prolonged power cuts were posing problems for the students in continuing their studies.

They also demanded 50 per cent increase in BSc seats.

Talking to mediapersons, Dwivedi said one week earlier the students had handed over a memorandum to the university authority but no action was taken.

He threatened to intensify the agitation if the university authorities continued their lackadaisical attitude.