The Student Union leaders staged a protest against the Ranchi University’s (RU) administration for their failure in managing polls at RU administrative building on Monday.
The students leaders unanimously demanded to remove RU Examination Controller, AK Jha whose “slack approach over the enrollment issue” they alleged created controversy resulting in deferment of students’ poll until further notice.
Though the university has cancelled the fourth students’ union poll for an indefinite period but the controversy over students’ poll is not ending. Even after getting their demands accepted for postponement of the poll scheduled from December 11, few student wing representatives on Monday met RU VC, Dr. Ramesh Kumar Pandey to immediately take action against the official in question.
A representative of All Jharkhand Student Union (AJSU), Harish Kumar said, “Since the beginning, we have been demanding to remove the Examination Controller from his post, however, no action yet has been taken on this. Merely, postponement of poll was not our motive. The main culprit must be immediately expelled from the duty or else we will stage a massive protest against the issue in the coming days.”
Similarly, a student leader from Jharkhand Chhatra Morcha (JCM), said, “We welcome the decision of RU Vice-Chancellor of suspending the poll but we will continue the remonstration until stringent action is not taken against the main accused. Due to the negligence of the Examination Controller, the matter aroused. Our protest will continue further until the accused is not suspended.”
Meanwhile, when contacted the university officers to clarify their stance on the issue of suspending the Examination Controller, RU Officer (PR), PK Jha said, “By far no decision on anybody’s suspension has been taken at the university level. The university is looking on the matters raised by the different union leaders recently. Also, it is too early to mention that when exactly; the new notification for the upcoming election will be out.”
The registration row of 67,000 students has ignited the controversy that eventually led to the suspension of students’ union election. According to the lyngdoh Committee recommendations every student must have 75 per cent attendance to be eligible to vote or contest the student union election.