Students Protest Against Vice-Chancellor at Mohan Lal Sukhadia University

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Students at Mohan Lal Sukhadia University in Udaipur protested against vice-chancellor Sunita Mishra for her description of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb as a skilled ruler, sparking a student-led movement that continued for two days. The students, chanting slogans against the VC, staged a sit-in on the university campus, halted exams, and pasted posters with the VC's photo. Student leaders even wrote a letter to the governor with their blood, urging the removal of the VC. The police were deployed at the scene, but the students remained firm in their demands.

Key Takeaways:

  • The protest started on a Tuesday and continued for the second day, with students gathering at the vice-chancellor's chamber, hotel management college, and arts college.
  • Students removed welcoming materials, shouted slogans, and pasted posters with the VC's photo on the gate, walls, and boards around the administrative building, smearing them with black ink.
  • The posters read "Boycott Vice-Chancellor", and some student leaders wrote a letter to the governor with their blood, urging the removal of the VC.
  • Police personnel were deployed at the site, with Additional SP (city) Umesh Ojha and ADM Dipendra Singh arriving to negotiate with the students.
  • Student leaders insisted on halting exams, which were scheduled to take place in the afternoon.
  • Police station SHOs Ravindra Charan and Ajay Singh Rao remained deployed with their teams at the college.
  • The protest was sparked by the VC's description of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb as a skilled ruler.

Statistics:

  • The protest continued for two days.
  • Police personnel were deployed at the site.
  • The students halted exams, which were scheduled to take place in the afternoon.
  • 1 VC (Sunita Mishra) was targeted by the protest.
  • 3 police station SHOs (Ravindra Charan, Ajay Singh Rao, and others) were deployed at the college.

Sources:

  • Times News Network Udaipur