Demanding students' elections with direct system, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) activists here on Monday protested at the State Assembly. Their five-point demands also covered the irregularities in the Barkatullah University.
The activists were led by State Congress Committee secretary Abdul Nafees and NSUI's former State spokesperson Gaurav Awasthi. The activists later submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister and handed over to the SDM.
While addressing the protestors, Gaurav Awasthi said that the student union elections should be organized by fair procedures urgently. Along with BPEd and MPEd results of 2012- 2013 session should be declared. He also said that 2013- 2014 examinations have not conducted and 2014 -2015 sessions portal has started yet due to which the students' future is at stake and this is tarnishing the image of the university. He added that in the saffronising process of educational institutions, various subjects like Urdu, Botany, Zoology, etc have been removed from different colleges and various plans are being made to shift the Benazir College in a planned way.
He demanded that the Government should stop taking such whimsical decisions and should start these subjects in the colleges again. He also demanded that the shifting of Benazir College should be cancelled.
On this occasion, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee' s secretary Abdul Nafees said that the Government is playing with the future of the students. He demanded that the CBI should look into the matter of MPPEB scam and students union election should be conducted at the earliest.