Irked by continuous disruption of academic activities due to the ongoing crisis in the Nagaland University, the Post Graduate Students’ Union (PGSU), Nagaland University, staged a mass rally at Kohima on Wednesday.
The rally, which started from the University office, culminated at Raj Bhavan where the students submitted a two-point memorandum to the Governor.
The memorandum signed by PGSU presidents of the three NU campuses, demanded unconditional revocation of suspension orders with charge sheets against ten University teachers by the vice chancellor, and immediate resumption of classes and other academic activities by teachers.
The rallyists carried placards, some of which read “VC revoke suspension order immediately,” “Show us with love and resume our classes,” “Satyagraha for education,” “We want agitation-free university” and “Stop murdering education and resume classes immediately.”
PGSU in the memorandum said twenty two days of complete academic closure since August 26, had done irreparable damage to careers of the students and apprehension of the crisis prolonging further had totally demoralized students.
The memorandum also stated that careers of more than one thousand students of NU doing their under graduate agriculture courses, post graduate studies in twenty five departments and Ph.D Scholars spread across three different campuses were put at stake due to continuous unresolved dispute between the vice chancellor and NUTA.
It also recalled that the Union had put up numerous representations and undertook sit-ins, mass rallies and poster campaigns to press for immediate resumption of classes and solution to the various problems dogging the university.
PGSU further reminded that the Union had even relaxed the September 8 deadline served to the vice chancellor to resolve the various problems to September 15.
“However, to our dismay all efforts went in vain and students are victimized till date,” PGSU said. PGSU hoped that the Governor would promptly intervene and do the needful at the earliest.
VC hopes good sense will prevail
DIMAPUR, SEPT 17 (NPN): Vice chancellor, Nagaland University, Prof. K Kannan has expressed confidence that good sense would prevail among the teaching community of NU and that the University would not be compelled to take further administrative measures to make the staff do what was essentially their duty.
The vice chancellor in a press statement said the University authorities had taken note of the resentment and inconvenience experienced by the general public and student’s community due to NUTA agitation.
He also said the authorities had carefully considered the expression thereof in the newspapers and in general conversation and that the University authorities had already taken some administrative actions.
“Authorities are sure that they will respond to the general feeling of the public and students within a short time. Authorities are always open for talk to negotiate all genuine outstanding problems,” the vice chancellor added.
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