A students’ group lent support to the DAV (PG) College administration’s initiative to open the college as several other groups forcibly closed down the college demanding starting of evening classes in the college ,.on Wednesday.
leaders of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Aryan Groups and various other groups of DAV (PG) College under the banner of College Bachao Sangharsh Samiti have been staging stir in the college, demanding introduction of evening classes, over the last few months.
A delegation of students accompanied by college principal Devendra Bhasin met Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday evening. Bhasin submitted a college management’s letter to the CM. Sources said that college management had requested Rawat to start evening classes after seeking legal advice.
According to sources, college management was earlier opposed to the introduction of evening classes in the college on the ground that UP University Act, 1973 does not permit the colleges to conduct evening classes. However, changing track with the students’ unions pressuring it to fall in line, the management had taken the issue to the State Government, asking it to start evening classes after seeking legal advice.
DAV (PG) College had been allocated only 950 seats by Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University while over 2,000 students had collected admission forms for the evening classes in the college.