A huge row has started over the proposed visit of Congress\u2019s Rahul Gandhi to Hyderabad\u2019s Osmania University. Mr Gandhi is due to visit Telangana on May 6 and 7 and was expected to address the students at Osmania university, among other programmes. The matter has now reached the court, with the students filing an appeal to get permission for Gandhi\u2019s visit.
Gandhi was expected to visit the campus on May 7 for what the Congress has called a \u201cnon-political\u201d interaction with the students.
But the university authorities have reportedly said Mr Gandhi cannot be allowed as no political activity is allowed on campus. The University authorities pointed out that after a High Court order in June 2017, the university had adopted a resolution not to allow non-academic activities on campus, including political activity.
A part of the faculty, however, supports Gandhi\u2019s visit. Professor of law G Vinod Kumar said it is not political but intellectual activity if Rahul comes to discuss issues with students.
Congress leaders have interpreted it as the state\u2019s ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaning on the university, meaning to keep Gandhi away from an institution that is considered Ground Zero for the Telangana movement.
\u201cWhy are they stopping him? If Sonia Gandhi had not given Telangana, would you have become chief minister and minister? said Congress leader Hanumantha Rao\u201d.
\u201cAfter the coming of Telangana, have the young people got what was promised — jobs, fee reimbursement, what are your problems in hostel, he will ask. So KCR is stopping and arresting our activists and putting them in jail. It is wrong\u2026 it is not a public meeting. Students will tell Rahul their issues,\u2019\u2019 he added. Yesterday, activists of the NSUI \u2013 the student wing of the Congress — held protests at the campus against denial of permission. They were later detained by the police. Counter-protests were held by the student wing of the TRS and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the students\u2019 organisation linked to the BJP\u2019s ideological mentor, RSS.
Gandhi will be addressing a public meeting in Warangal on May 6. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Revanth says the meeting is expected to be attended by nearly five lakh people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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