Morung Express News
Kohima | March 13
The ongoing agitation by the Post-Graduate Students Union of Nagaland University (PGSU) demanding immediate acceptance of Vice-Chancellor Professor GD Sharma’s resignation intensified into a violent fracas today when the students started resorting to stone pelting and destruction of furnishing at the Kohima Campus.
The protestors numbering around 200 started resorting to pelting stones and projectiles and destroyed windows, chairs, tables and furniture of the Nagaland University, Kohima. The agitating students also burnt the effigy of Vice Chancellor Professor GD Sharma. With the fracas continuing, the Police arrived on the scene and burst teargas to disperse the irate students.
The PGSU activists also forced the closure of the NU administrative office by locking the office since March 8. The union made it amply clear that it would agitate till the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and the President (NU’s Visitor) accepts the VC’s resignation.
“We are not going to give up’, PGSU president Thonsenlo Magh told The Morung Express, adding it would intensify the agitation and continue till the concerned authority accepts the resignation tendered by Professor GD Sharma on February 28.
“We have the support of the Naga Students Federation (NSF) and the All Nagaland College Students Union (ANCSU), said PGSU spokesperson Chenkhang Konyak adding “We are fighting for justice.”
It may be recalled that the PGSU also took out procession on March 9 last where they submitted a memorandum to the Chief Rector ( Nagaland Governor) asking him to intervene and recommend acceptance of the resignation of the vice Chancellor. The PGSU also burnt effigies of NU VC on March 8.
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