VARANASI: Students of Sanskrit
Vidya Dharm Vigyan
(SVDV) faculty at
BHU, who are upset over the appointment of a Muslim assistant professor in Sahitya department, resumed their agitation on Monday expressing dissatisfaction over the reply submitted by the university authorities in response to their queries.
"We have resumed the agitation as the 10-day deadline for authorities to reply to our queries ended today," said Shashikant Mishra, one of the students leading the agitation, while officials said they had handed over the reply to students three to four days ago and hence there was no need to resume the protest. The students, who are opposing the appointment of Dr Firoz Khan in the faculty, had called off their 16-day long sit-in after handing over a memorandum to chief proctor OP Rai on November 22.
Claiming that the university administration had assured them that it would respond to their queries regarding Prof Khan's appointment within 10 days, the students said they would resume the agitation if they did not get a satisfactory reply. "BHU administration responded to some of our queries but their reply lacked clarity and was not accompanied by documentary proof. As we are not satisfied with the reply, we have decided to go on dharna again," said Mishra.
He said the sit-in and boycott of classes would continue till the issues raised by them were addressed.
The students submitted another memorandum to the dean on Monday claiming that the reply to their queries by the head of Sahitya department was not complete and clear. Head of SVDV's Sahitya department Prof Umakant Chaturvedi said he replied to only those queries which he considered fit and proper.
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