The students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University organized a massive protest programme and staged Dharna in front of the administrative building of the University against the carelessness and lethargy of the University authorities in solving their legitimate problems. These students were agitating at their individual level for quite sometime but they protested unitedly yesterday by staging Dharna programme.
They were demanding permission for starting students’ Union and also for providing basic amenities in the University.
Seeing the intensity of the agitation, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mohammed Miyan gave an assurance that he would consider their demands within a month. After the assurance of the Vice Chancellor, the agitating students declared that they wouldn’t agitate till that time.
The students also made it clear that in case permission is not given to them to form Students’ Union and if the situations were not improved, they would be forced to intensify their agitation and also to boycott classes.
The students told that their education is getting affected due to the non-availability of certain basic amenities in their hostels. Their issues related to various departments are not being solved. They said that they had communicated their problems to the management several times but they were not resolved and hence they were forced to agitate.
After getting the news of the unrest of the students of Urdu University due to the irregularities of the management, the Action Committee of Urdu University formulated to make University administration answerable, applauded the agitation and dharna of the students. The Committee declared that it would extend its full support to the students in getting their problems solved.
Mr. Nusrath Mohiuddin, Secretary of the Action Committee told that the University authorities had declared the issue raised by the Action Committee baseless but due to the agitation of the students, it has been proved that these issues are genuine and the University has failed to provide basic amenities to the students.
Mr. Nusrath Mohiuddin further told that the students who have joined the coaching programme of the University for the preparation for their competitive examinations have also complained about hostel accommodation and other basic amenities.
—Siasat News