Protest In Panjab University – Chandigarh Bytes https://chandigarhbytes.com Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:54:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://chandigarhbytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-CB-Small-1-32x32.png Protest In Panjab University – Chandigarh Bytes https://chandigarhbytes.com 32 32 Protest in Panjab University on Fee Hike Turned Ugly https://chandigarhbytes.com/protest-in-punjab-university-on-fee-hike-turned-ugly/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 06:56:39 +0000 https://chandigarhbytes.com/?p=3882 A fee hike triggered protest in Panjab University; students wanted immediate roll back in the fee. They also wanted a direct conversation on fee hike with the V-C, and when they were not called for discussion, they forcibly tried to reach him. The protest turned violent when students clashed with Police. Police did lathi charge […]

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]]> A fee hike triggered protest in Panjab University; students wanted immediate roll back in the fee. They also wanted a direct conversation on fee hike with the V-C, and when they were not called for discussion, they forcibly tried to reach him.

The protest turned violent when students clashed with Police. Police did lathi charge on students and in retaliation for lathi, students pelted stones on the police and this lead to the violent situation. Many students, police, and journalist injured in the protest.

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Protest started with slogans and banners

Protest in Panjab University started on April, 3 after hiking in fee for next session. On this day students were shouting slogans and marching with banners.

 

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Police used water cannons to disperse students

After students heated argument with police, condition got violent. Police tried to control students with water cannons but all were in vain.

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Lathi charge on students:

Protest in Panjab University turned ugly because the police were trying to control agitators by lathi charge, this provoked students to do stone pelting on police. this caused injuries to many.

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Students took refuge to Gurudwara:

After violent situation, Police was trying to arrest some agitators but they took refuge to the Gurudwara.

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Many got injuries:

Many students, Police, and journalists got injuries during this violent situation. Police did lathi charge and students retaliated with the stone pelting and this caused injuries to both sides.

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Police slapped sedition charges of on 66 students who were protesting on the issue of the fee hike.

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]]> Students Protest In PU: V-C said Create Part Time Jobs In University https://chandigarhbytes.com/students-protest-in-pu-v-c-said-create-part-time-jobs-in-university/ Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:22:44 +0000 https://chandigarhbytes.com/?p=3854 The steep fee hike sparked the students protest in PU. There was hike of 12.5% in the fees for next session and according to the students it is a massive hike. Students coming from weaker sections cannot afford this. This caused tensed situation among the students and they started protesting and demanding immediate rollback of […]

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]]> The steep fee hike sparked the students protest in PU. There was hike of 12.5% in the fees for next session and according to the students it is a massive hike. Students coming from weaker sections cannot afford this. This caused tensed situation among the students and they started protesting and demanding immediate rollback of the fee hike. Vice chancellor Arun Kumar Grover announced part time jobs to calm the students during the students protest in PU.Protest In Panjab University: V-C said Create Part Time Jobs For Students

Opportunities students can get while studying

  • Officials said that creation of part time jobs will help students to manage their expenses and can also be able to pay their fee. How many students need these jobs, according to this they will try to create jobs in the University.
  • Students can get the jobs like software services, data entry operators and jobs related to security of the campus can help them to earn money while studying. Instead of employing technical assistants, postgraduate students of the university can do these jobs on part time basis.
  • Part time job seekers can also get the opportunities of working in libraries. There are many students who want 24 hours library facility and this can generate the jobs in library too.
  • Students will get the facility of loans from banks on soft interest and this will help students to pay their fees for all professional courses.

Vice chancellor said about the students protest in PU that he cannot take the decision to roll back the fee hike because he don’t have the authority for such decisions and only senate can change the decision.

 

 

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