With the students’ union of MKP PG College also opening diatribe against its principal Indu Singh, the heads of all three major PG colleges of State capital, DAV, DBS and MKP are now facing the ire of student’s agitation.
The girls of the MKP PG Girls’ College assembled at the college campus on Friday and marched to the office of the District Magistrate. The students raised protest against the sorry state of affairs in the college and seemed particularly annoyed with the principal. The students alleged that there is no academic environment in the college and accused the principal of dictatorial attitude.
Meanwhile the students union of the DAV PG College continued their relay hunger strike for removal of college Principal Devendra Bhasin for second consecutive day on Friday. The President of the students union Rakesh Singh Negi said that many irregularities have occurred in the college during the tenure of present Principal. He claimed that an independent probe would reveal these irregularities. Negi demanded that the Principal should step down to pave the way for a fair probe. The Vice President of the student Union of college, Bhawna said that the Principal do not takes interest in any activity due to which there is resentment among the students. She said that the agitation
would continue till the Principal is removed. The students union has threatened that it would undertake a fast un to death if its demand is not accepted soon.
On similar demand of removal of Principal the students’ union representatives of DBS PG College also started a hunger strike on Friday. The President of students union, Pankaj Negi said that the despite regular reminders the academic and other facilities are not improving in the college. He said that the results of the Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University are not declared yet due to which the students are facing problem.
Is there any strategy to target the Principals of the biggest colleges of the state capitalIJ The state President of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Ramakant Srivastava replied in negative when confronted with this question. He however said that the ABVP is fighting against current mess in the colleges and since Principals are directly responsible for their institutes they naturally are the targets of the agitations.