The left trade union has also sought the student's opinion to decide whether to call for a boycott for exams or go for other forms of agitations from today.
Visva Bharati hostels reopening delayed, students protest
A group of Visva-Bharati University held demonstrations and formed human chains before different departments of Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan demanding immediate reopening of the hostels, which have been kept closed since the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020.
Visva Bharati SFI unit demands reopening of hostels
While speaking to the media house, Visva-Bharati SFI unit spokesperson Somnath Sow said that the University authority is knowingly delaying the reopening of 15 hostels of the Central University despite the Calcutta High Court order.
"While Visva-Bharati has issued notification for the commencement of offline tests from today (March 11) it is yet to open the hostels. So how can a large number of outstation students write their examinations? Many of them are either forced to shell out huge amounts as lodging fees in guest houses or cannot return to the campus and appear in the offline examinations due to financial reasons," he said.
The left trade union has also sought the student's opinion to decide whether to call for a boycott for exams or go for other forms of agitations from today. A Visva-Bharati official when contacted said the process of opening hostels takes time as the properties had been closed for a long time. "A section of students are unnecessarily staging drama over the issue. Visva-Bharati will do everything as per the wishes of the judiciary " the official said.
He said the semester exam itinerary was decided after considering all aspects and the students are making unfair demands to put it off. The agitation by the VB students over the issue of opening hostels has been on for the past 12 days. They held a sit-in since March 1 which was withdrawn on March 8 after the high court ordered the reopening of the hostels.
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