Amid the talk that HCU administration may take the extreme step of closing university, including hostels in view of prevailing unrest on the campus, the students decided to continue their agitation till the vice chancellor Apparao is removed from the post of vice chancellorship.
Since the students are in no mood to resume classes as appealed by the Vice Chancellor, many in the university are apprehensive of a clamp down by the paramilitary forces. ” There is every possibility of declaring the closure of campus and deploy security force to evacuate the students from the campus till further orders,” a senior faculty member told telugu360.com.
The revocation of suspension of four student failed to have any positive impact on crisis on the campus because students are not happy with wording of the decision of Executive Council According to sources, the executive council instead of revoking the suspension, is said to have simply terminated the operation of previous resolution which recommended the suspension of five students.
Meanwhile, a meeting of University of Hyderabad Teachers’ Association is scheduled later in day to chalk a future course of action in the light of the VC appeal to resume working the of the university. The indefinite strike by seven of the protestors continued on Friday as well. On the other side, BSP president Mayawati is expected to visit today. According to a student leader, Mayavati’s visit has not been cleared for security reasons.
The JAC for social justice, an umbrella organisation of 14 student groups, continued the protest for the fifth consecutive day, ignoring the appeal by the vice chancellor to return to classes and help resume normalcy on the campus. The indefinite fast by seven JAC members entered the third day. The four suspended students also continued their sit-in at ‘velivada’ (Dalit ghetto), a small makeshift tent, where they had been protesting since early this month to protest their suspension by the university authorities over an alleged clash with a leader of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
As many as 13 faculty members belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes have resigned from their administrative roles to protest Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani’s statement that a Dalit professor headed the sub-committee of executive council which suspended the five students. The SC/ST Teachers and Officers’ Forum said the central minister spreading lies and made a misleading statement.
