We the College Teachers alos keep saying that DU has became a Money Earning machine. The ACTA , Tinsukia Zone raised the demand three years back. Latter on ACTA central Committee also joined the chorus. But, I don't know the reason , why present leadership is silent on the issue. Sushanta On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Dhruba Jyoti Deka < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Well said somehow. > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:42:29 +0000 > > Subject: [Assam] DU Stand-Off > > > > > > > > > > All the student organizations are lending their support to DU students > protesting fee hike. But the VC of DU KC Deka seems to be man of courage and > principle. Students may view it as arrogance. But university authority needs > money as government does not give much. If the VC is forced to go because of > student agitation, it will be unfortunate.At the same time can anything be > done to alleviate the burden on students, if fee hike is really too much? > > > > Unfortunatly , parents of the same students will be willing/compelled to > pay through their nose had their wards been studing in private some south > indian engineering colleges after not getting admission in any of the state > colleges/universities. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Varsity fee hike stand-off on - DU students demand VC ouster; > organisations back agitation, call bandh > > > > OUR CORRESPONDENT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dibrugarh, Aug. 26: The unrest in Dibrugarh University (DU) since Tuesday > took a turn for the worse today with both the students and authorities > sticking to their respective grounds on the fee hike issue and the > “vice-chancellor ouster cry” getting shriller. > > > > Students hoisted black flags in all the departments of the campus, the > vice-chancellor’s office and the main administrative block since early > morning in protest against the “arrogant” attitude of the authorities on the > issue. > > The students also wore black badges and organised a demonstration in > front of the locked vice-chancellor’s office in clear defiance of > prohibitory orders issued by the Dibrugarh district administration under > Section 144 CrPc. > > Carrying placards, banners and festoons, the students also shouted > slogans demanding the ouster of university vice-chancellor Kandarpa Kumar > Deka. > > “Initially, our demand was an immediate rollback of the hiked fee > structure. But now the ouster of the arrogant VC is our main demand. We will > not stop our agitation and are prepared to face bullets,” said Arindam > Buragohain, the general secretary of the Dibrugarh University Post- Graduate > Students Union (DUPGSU). > > The students are agitating on the fee hike issue under the leadership of > the union and All Assam Students’ Union. > > As the VC entered the main administrative building today, the students > laid siege to it, besides blocking the main entrance to the building. > > The students, after an hour of demonstration, took out a mock funeral > procession on the campus. > > “The vice-chancellor had shown total disrespect towards the genuine > demands of the students. The VC had even asked the administration and police > to forcefully thwart our agitation. Therefore, we had no other option. We > demand that a new VC be appointed at DU,” Buragohain said. > > The protesters also launched a signature campaign among the students. > > “We will submit the signatures along with a memorandum to the Governor > and chancellor J.B. Patnaik demanding immediate removal of the > vice-chancellor and appointment of a new VC who will be sympathetic to our > demands, Kasturi Nath, president-in-charge of the DUPGSU, said. > > The district administration, which had issued prohibitory orders on > Wednesday, apparently did not impose them in the first half of the day. > However, in the afternoon, a huge police contingent, led by additional SP > (headquarters), Debashish Sarma, entered the campus and urged students to > disperse. > > The students, till the filing of this report, were locked in talks with > Dibrugarh additional DC Bandana Dutta Tamuli and magistrate Sarangapani > Sarma. > > When contacted over phone, the vice-chancellor said the university > administration was open to holding discussions on the fee hike. “All issues > can be settled through discussions only. However, if the students remain > arrogant, we, too, will be compelled to initiate harsher action,” he said. > > The All Assam Muttock Yuba Chatra Sanmelan, Tai-Ahom Yuba Parishad, All > Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association, All Koch-Rajbongshi Students’ Union, > Sonowal-Kachari Students’ Union, All Deori Students’ Union and Asom > Jatiyatabadi Yuba Parishad have extended support to the agitation. They have > even called a 12-hour Dibrugarh district bandh on August 31 on the issue. > > The North East Students Organisation, too, has extended support to the > agitation. NESO secretary general Gumjum Haider told reporters that the > university would have to withdraw the hiked fee structure. > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > -- Sushanta Kar সুশান্ত কর তিনসুকিয়া, আসাম আমার ব্লগগুলি: http://sushantakar40.blogspot.com http://ishankonerkahini.blogspot.com http://ishankonerkotha.blogspot.com আমার সম্পাদিত 'প্রজ্ঞান' http://pragyan06now.blogspot.com http://sites.google.com/site/pragyan06now "স্বাজাত্যের অহমিকার থেকে মুক্তি দানের শিক্ষাই, আজকের দিনের প্রধান শিক্ষা" রবীন্দ্রনাথ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
