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Lyngdoh panel proposals meant to curtail student rights
ACTIVISTS OF the All-India Students? Association (AISA) will stage ?Raj Bhawan March? in Lucknow on December 16 to protest the Lyngdoh Panel recommendations. Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, the national vice-president of AISA Manish Sharma alleged that the United Progressive Alliance government wanted to tame the democratic practices in centres of higher learning through Lyngdoh Panel recommendations.
AISA activists to stage ‘Raj Bhawan March’
ACTIVISTS OF the All-India Students’ Association (AISA) will stage ‘Raj Bhawan March’ in Lucknow on December 16 to protest the Lyngdoh Panel recommendations.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, the national vice-president of AISA Manish Sharma alleged that the United Progressive Alliance government wanted to tame the democratic practices in centres of higher learning through Lyngdoh Panel recommendations.
“Lyngdoh panel recommendations were meant to curtail the democratic rights of students, teachers and employees on the campuses,” he alleged, adding, “Lyngdoh Committee proposals were framed to make the universities and centres of higher learning as special educational zones.” He claimed that Lyngdoh panel proposals couldn’t reduce the criminalisation of students’ politics.
“We want the government to conduct students’ union elections at Lucknow University and Banaras Hindu University, Allahabad University and Gorakhpur University with immediate effect,” he said.
“The Congress and the Samajawadi Party have made Lucknow University a battleground in view of the forthcoming state assembly elections,” he said, adding that the proposed ‘Raj Bhawan March’ was meant to highlight the anti-student activities of the State and Central Governments.
Harishchandra College
Students’ union election passes off peacefully
STUDENTS’ UNION election of Harishchandra Post Graduate College went off peacefully amid tight security in Varanasi on Wednesday. Nineteen candidates were in the fray for the posts of president (four candidates), vice-president (six), general secretary (four) and library secretary (five).
Besides, there were 12 candidates for the post of faculty representatives of five faculties including Science, Commerce, Arts, Education and Law. Thirteen polling booths were set up on the campus. Polling started at 8.30 am and continued till 12.30 pm. Reports said that out of 7000 students about 50 percent voters exercised their franchise.
Jawans of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and cops of 11 police stations were deployed in and around the college to avert any untoward incident. Results were awaited till filing of this report.
It may be noted that two groups of students belonging to ABVP and Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha had clashed recently during the nomination process in which several students were injured. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha swept the students’ election here with its members winning all the posts of president, vice-president, general secretary and library secretary.
