Kolkata: A section of students at Presidency University have rejected the vice chancellor's plan to set up a committee to resolve their grievances. Protests will continue till the vice chancellor, Dr Anuradha Lohia, resigns, they say. And one of the issues they will highlight is the vice chancellor's perceived closeness to chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Dr Lohia invited Ms Banerjee to campus on Friday which sparked the student protests. She attended Ms Banerjee's administrative meeting in Burdwan last month and even went to London with her.
The vice chancellor, however, denied any political leaning. "I do not share any political party's ideology. Yes, I went with the CM to London... I went to the administrative meeting. But I was not the only VC there. There were four others. Why is no one else being targeted?" Dr Lohia said.
But students are not convinced. Not just students, criticism has come from outside as well.
The students say it was Mamata Banerjee's party cadre who beat up colleagues on campus on April 10, 2013. The Trinamool has not punished anyone for that incident yet. How can the VC appear close to the chief minister, ask students.
For now, loud slogans may have made way for mute protests against Dr Lohia. But with students rejecting a committee she set up on Monday for dialogue, a return to normalcy at Presidency may be a while yet.
Dr Lohia invited Ms Banerjee to campus on Friday which sparked the student protests. She attended Ms Banerjee's administrative meeting in Burdwan last month and even went to London with her.
The vice chancellor, however, denied any political leaning. "I do not share any political party's ideology. Yes, I went with the CM to London... I went to the administrative meeting. But I was not the only VC there. There were four others. Why is no one else being targeted?" Dr Lohia said.
But students are not convinced. Not just students, criticism has come from outside as well.
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The students say it was Mamata Banerjee's party cadre who beat up colleagues on campus on April 10, 2013. The Trinamool has not punished anyone for that incident yet. How can the VC appear close to the chief minister, ask students.
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For now, loud slogans may have made way for mute protests against Dr Lohia. But with students rejecting a committee she set up on Monday for dialogue, a return to normalcy at Presidency may be a while yet.
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