The health of one student sitting on a hunger strike in DAV PG College here deteriorated on Sunday after which he was rushed to the hospital. In support of their demands some students of the college are sitting on a hunger strike in the college campus from Friday.
On Sunday morning one such student, Rishabh Chauhan complained of uneasiness following which he was rushed to the hospital. He was discharged from the hospital in afternoon. later in the day the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Dhirendra Panwar met the agitators. The agitating students submitted a memorandum to him. Panwar assured the students that their genuine demands would be fulfilled. It is learnt that Higher Education Minister, Dhan Singh Rawat would visit the College on Monday where he is expected to persuade the students to break their hunger strike.
In protest against financial and other discrepancies the members of the student’s union of the college are on hunger strike in the college campus since Friday. The student’s union President, Rahul Kumar, Vice President Saurabh, General Secretary Kapil Sharma, Surveer Singh, Saurabh Sharma, Ram Kumar, Himanshu Negi, Jitendra Singh Bisht, Shubham Simalti and Sanjay Chand are sitting on the hunger strike. The students are demanding immediate punitive action on those responsible for financial irregularities in the biggest government college of the state.
The Vice President of the student’s union, Saurabh said that college administration is involved in financial irregularities worth many crore. He demanded an independent audit of college accounts and works undertaken in the college from year 2008 till date.
The students are alleging that scams have occurred in development works, construction activities, purchase of books for library and other equipment. The students are also demanding that the college should be de-affiliated from the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (HNB) Garhwal central university and instead should be affiliated with the Sridev Suman Uttarakhand University. The student’s union is also against what they allege charge of hefty fees by the college despite of the fact that the college is being run on a donated land and the salaries of the college staff are paid by the State Government.