A group of students were on Thursday detained when they tried to stage a march from Central Secretariat Metro Station to Rashtrapati Bhavan demanding the President’s intervention in ending the impasse over the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP).
The protesters belonging to All India Students’ Association (AISA) were detained from outside the Metro station around 11.30 am and taken to Parliament Street police station in a bus by Delhi Police personnel.
Police said the march could not be allowed as prohibitory orders are in place in the area. Police personnel were deployed in strength in and around Rajpath to prevent protesters from marching toward Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Continuing their protest against the controversial FYUP in Delhi University, members of various student bodies on Thursday held demonstrations outside the residence of Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh, demanding immediate rollback of FYUP.
The protesters raised slogans against the V-C and demanded immediate rollback of the FYUP. Members of one Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYP) also burnt an effigy of the Vice-Chancellor.