February 21, 2011

NSUI activists today boycotted the classes and held demonstration outside the college



JAWALAMUKHI----Supporters of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) today continued their protest against the alleged police atrocities against NSUI activists and the police inaction against the miscreants responsible for assaulting and beating activists of the union in Jawalamukhi Degree College at Jawalamukhi yesterday.

NSUI activists today boycotted the classes and held demonstration outside the college premises and raised slogans in favour of their demands and against the government.
The protesters were led by Students Central Association leaders, besides NSUI in charge Dheeraj Sharma.
Sharma criticised the government for ignoring their demand of appointing a principal, providing a better infrastructure and taking over of the college by the government.
The NSUI activists continued their dharna outside the college till this afternoon. Later, they were persuaded by Sanjay Rattan, local Congress leader, to lift the dharna.
The police was deployed outside the college today to avert any untoward incident.Tension gripped in the college since yesterday when NSUI held a protest demanding the college, which was being run by the Jawalamukhi Temple Trust, should be taken over by the government and a Principal be appointed. They raised their demands when Education Minister ID Dhiman reached the college, which resulted in a clash and subsequently the police allegedly thrashed the NSUI activists.

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