The agitating members of the students union of DAV College here got a boost when the President of students union of HNB Garhwal Central University, Bhupendra Negi visited the college and extended total support for the agitation of the students.
Negi said that all the students of the university are now with the drive of the DAV college student union against corruption and demand of removal of Principal. He claimed that the agitation is getting large scale support of the students of the state and threatened that the students would be forced to intensify their stir if no action is taken against the Principal. The President of the HNB university student union said that the Chief Minister Harish Rawat should intervene in the issue immediately.
Meanwhile the health of two students sitting on a fast unto death at the college campus deteriorated on Tuesday and they were rushed to the hospital by other students. The President of the students union Rakesh Singh Negi said that Sachin Naithani and Anuj were part of group of 15 students sitting on indefinite hunger strike. “On Tuesday two students sitting on hunger strike fainted and were rushed to the hospital. The district administration has all the reports but it along with college administration has turned a blind’s eye on the problems of the students. The students sitting on hunger strike would give up water too if this apathetic attitude continues”, he warned.
The students sitting on indefinite hunger strike received support from student leaders of many colleges on Tuesday. The standoff between the college administration and student union is continuing since October 08 when the students blamed the Principal for giving admission to a student in MA course against norms.
The College administration which had set up a committee headed by student union Director Ajay Saxena on Monday to hold talks with the agitating students renewed its effort to persuade the students to withdraw the hunger strike on Tuesday. The agitating students had earlier rejected the committee citing it irrelevant. The College Principal Devendra Bhasin issued an appeal to the President of the student union Rakesh Negi in which he said that his immediate worry is the health of the students sitting on the hunger strike. He said that the hunger strike should be called off immediately and assured that the problems of the students would be sorted out.