Ambedkar University students protest outside Delhi CM's residence against high fees, new reservation policy

Students of Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) protest outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's house against high fees and the new reservation policy.

A group of students from Ambedkar University has staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence against high fees and the new reservation policy. Delhi Police has then detained 13 of them who were part of the protest. 

According to police officials, 13 students were detained and taken to Civil Lines police station. They were released later.

“The administration in its attempts at resolving the high fees crisis has removed the late fine, extended the payment window and offered a mechanism of payment in instalments on a case to-case basis for certain students. However, these solutions do not address the core concern of our demands, which is the exorbitant fees being charged from its students even during a pandemic,” the group of students said in a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Chief Minister’s office.

“We would like to bring your attention specifically to the unconstitutional changes that have been made to the reservation policy in our university,” the students alleged.

Menawhile, Ambedkar University had announced its second cut-off list for admission in undergraduate courses on Wednesday, i.e. October 21, 2020, with the highest cut-off being 98.25 per cent for Psychology for aspirants from outside the national capital. However, candidates from Delhi interested to take admission Psychology (Honours) need 97 per cent marks. For English, the cut-off for Delhi-based candidates is 95.25 per cent while candidates from outside the national capital need 95.75 per cent. Similarly for BBA, the cut-off for Delhi-based and outside Delhi candidates is 94.25 and 95.25 per cent, respectively. For Economics (Honours), the cut-off is pegged at 95.25 and 96.25, respectively.

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