The students’ union polls were cancelled and two city colleges were closed sine die by the authorities following student unrest.
Tension gripped the Rajdhani College under the Khandagiri police station after the nominations of two presidential candidates were rejected. As tempers flared, police forces were deployed even as students shouted slogans and held demonstrations.
Later, the college authorities declared a sine die.
Similarly, sine die was declared in the Deboray College at Nayapalli after unidentified miscreants hurled bombs.
However, there were no injuries to anyone.
Earlier, Students’ Union elections had been cancelled in the Utkal University in the city after a number of violent incidents rocked the campus.