Visva-Bharati University's Multi-Tasking Staff writes to Union Education Minister against VC

As per the letter, the staff has alleged that Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty is forcing them to work for his personal interests.

Amid the ongoing protest at Visva-Bharati University, the Multi Tasking Staff of the university has written to the union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan today and urged his intervention into the matter. 

The staff has alleged that the VC Bidyut Chakrabarty is forcing them to work for his personal interests.

"However, since joining Visva-Bharati, the Vice-Chancellor has created pressure on us to compulsorily attend various programmes outside our regular duties. This pressure seems as though he has done us a favour by giving us jobs, and therefore, we should comply with his demands," the letter claims, as reported by Edex Live.

A copy of the letter has been forwarded to the President of India Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the offices of West Bengal's governor and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and the University Grants Commission (UGC), among other office holders.

VBU VC alleges life threat from TMC leaders

The VC has lodged a complaint with the police alleging that he received life threats from Trinamool Congress leaders who have been protesting outside the central varsity's campus. He has urged the police to look into the security issue.

"The VC has sent a letter to us alleging that he has received life threats from some people who are staging a protest outside the university campus. We are looking into his complaint," the officer said, as reported by Business Standard.

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