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Protest against reduction of seats
ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY (AU) students took out a ?Shav-Yatra? of Vice-Chancellor Prof RG Harhse to lodge their protest against reduction in seats, demanding abolition of restrictions in admission under Urdu and Arabic quota and for implementation of Central fee structure in the varsity on Tuesday.
ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY (AU) students took out a ‘Shav-Yatra’ of Vice-Chancellor Prof RG Harhse to lodge their protest against reduction in seats, demanding abolition of restrictions in admission under Urdu and Arabic quota and for implementation of Central fee structure in the varsity on Tuesday.
Student leaders Abhishek Shukla, Zia Kaunen Rizvi, Ripusoodan Yadav and Dr Nirbhay Singh Patel lead the procession. Speaking on the occasion Patel and Yadav charged the VC with following policies against the minorities and working as the successor of former AU Vice-Chancellor GK Mehta. Lala Ram Saroj and Shailendra Bahadur Singh said, the varsity administration had adopted negative approach towards the backward and minority section and restricting them from acquiring higher education.
Student leader Shukla said that students had not benefited from the Central University status attained by the varsity as there has been no reduction in fee while the seats were reduced.
Umesh Upadhyay, Raghavendra Patel and Irshad Ullah criticised the decision of AU authorities to do away with the evening classes and demanded transparency in the admission process. Rizvi advocated for restoration of old admission rules for the Urdu and Arabic quota. Those present on the occasion were Mohd Hasnain, Sant Lal Verma, Nawab Mehboob, Manoj Singh, Sandeep Tripathi, OP Dwivedi and Akash Katiyar among others.
Reservation demanded:Students demanded reservation during a meeting held at the union hall on Tuesday under the presidentship of student leader Dr Nirbhay Singh Patel.
The pro-reservationists expressed resentment over the declaration of admission schedule by the V-C without any declaration to reduce the fee and without provision of 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs.
Addressing the meeting, Dr Patel said the varsity authorities have challenged the students and the students were ready to fight for their right. He said the students would desist the admissions if the authorities overlooked their demands. He also criticised the VC for his dictatorial role in the varsity and demanded the AU Executive Council to call an emergency meeting to discuss the issues of reservation, fee and seats in the varsity.
Sant Lal Verma said that meetings would be held at the delegacies and hostels before the commencement of admissions. Ziya Kaunen Rizvi, Ram Pratap Yadav, Raghvendra Patel, Sandeep Yadav, Jais Ram Verma, Harish Chandra Patel, Bhupendra Singh and Mohit Patel also expressed their views at the meeting.
Those present in the meeting were Ripusoodan Yadav, Ram Singh Gautam, Suresh Yadav, Mahendra Yadav, Lavkush Yadav, Ajit Yadav and Saiyyed Mihnaz Kadri among others.
Job demand: UP Research Association (UPRA) president Dr Vashisht Narayan Shukla demanded jobs for the UGC NET qualified and D Phil degree holders.
Dr Shukla urged the State and Central government to provide jobs to the NET qualified and D Phil candidates and advocated for unemployment allowance till they got the job.
