The Ravenshaw Bikash Abhijan (RBA) on Wednesday oganised a protest meeting at the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) office here against the Government’s decision of cancellation of Students’ Union elections this year.
“Students had got the right of forming unions for fight for their rights after years of struggle made by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during pre-Independence period. The decision is against the Supreme Court order and anti-democratic,” said Abhijan functionaries.
They alleged that the Government has taken the decision to hinder students from raising voice against various problems like lack of teachers and infrastructure.
The activists demanded that the decision be withdrawn soon and Students’ Union polls held in each higher educational institutions.
They submitted a memorandum to the RDC and urged him send the same to the Chief Minister.
Among others, Abhijan president Chittaranjan Mohanty, Secretary Siddhartha Rath, Dr Satya Ray, Prashant Das, Jugal Kishore Nayak, Laxmipriya Mohanty, Prashant Panda, Kamiluddin Ahammad, Dali Das and Khageshwar Sethi were present.