Krantikari Yuva Sangathan holds protest against 'hooliganism' of DU SOL administration

Students outfit held banners and pamphlets reading "we demand parity among education institutions" and "will not tolerate misconduct with SOL students", the protesters demanded justice and commencement of offline classes.

The student outfit held a protest rally after some students were allegedly beaten up at the behest of the SOL officiating principal. The rally was held from Delhi University's SOL to the Vice Chancellor's office. Students outfit held banners and pamphlets reading "we demand parity among education institutions" and "will not tolerate misconduct with SOL students", the protesters demanded justice and commencement of offline classes. The student outfit also demanded the immediate sacking of its officiating principal Uma Shankar Pandey.

The student union said, that a delegation met with the DU authorities and submitted a memorandum addressed to Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh. Krantikari Yuva Sangathan has claimed that the delegation of students was allegedly beaten by the DU SOL administration when they were protesting regarding issues affecting them, including non-commencement of offline classes, late distribution of study materials and the mode of exams.

"KYS condemns Delhi University's School of Open Learning (SOL) hooliganistic attitude in strongest terms and demands that the SOL administration must issue a public apology, and the hooligan SOL officiating principal must be sacked from his post," it said in the statement.

Reacting to the memorandum, SOL officiating principal Uma Shankar Pandey alleged that the protesters were not students of the SOL and they were trying to "defame" the institution.

"They are trying to defame the DU SOL. I don't know what purpose it will serve. They were not the students of SOL. Only four or five students were among them. We have five lakh students in the SOL and we have taken several initiatives for them. They are doing silly things," Pandey said as reported by Indian express.

The SOL officiating principal clarified that the action against the protesters on Thursday was taken after demonstrators misbehaved with the female guard at the SOL.

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