KOLKATA: Hundreds of students of Heramba Chandra College, popularly known as South City College, in south Kolkata went at the rampage at Golpark on Friday, blocking off the crossing for greater than an hour, vandalizing cars and hurling round police guardrails. Their demand was that they be allowed to sit down for their first-semester examinations regardless that they did not have the required 60% attendance.
Trouble began with the college authorities publishing a list of BCom Honours scholars who didn't have 60% attendance, a condition will have to for showing for assessments. The first list mentioned the names of 430 out of the 700 BCom first-year scholars who failed to score the attendance cut-off. However later, the college authorities introduced down the minimum attendance to 55% and struck off the names of 65 scholars. Remaining 365 scholars had been barred from getting into the campus, where bureaucracy for the first-semester assessments had been being filled. But the scholars demanded that everybody be allowed to sit down for the assessments—without reference to their attendance share—and took their violent demonstration directly to the street, developing mayhem within the locality. The police it appears stood as silent observers.
“The scholars began their protest outdoor the college gate. On figuring out the authorities would no longer give in to their demands, they took the demonstration directly to the thoroughfare, which they blocked for over an hour. The blockade was in spite of everything removed a little bit before 4pm after the state schooling minister intervened and called a gaggle of agitating scholars to his home and concentrate to their demands,” mentioned a senior Kolkata Police officer.
A similar protest was staged through scholars at Gurudas College in Phoolbagan over the same factor. The first-year BCom scholars at Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya at Muraripukur claimed senior contributors of the college union, run through the ruling birthday party scholars’ wing, had allegedly informed them they had to attend just a handful of categories and the rest, they would organize. The union representatives, then again, denied the claim.
At South City, the unrest began brewing on Thursday, when the scholars had been first intimated about deficient attendance of a majority of the accountancy scholars, who laid siege to the essential’s administrative center soon after. “However, I didn’t name the police or let the topic escalate. I tried to convince the scholars that this was the university tenet. But later at night time, the minister in rate called me to learn about the issue and suggested me to get police posting at the faculty on Friday. The law enforcement officials helped keep the agitating scholars outdoor the college, however they took the demonstration to the street, harassing commuters. I've asked for police deployment for Saturday as smartly, inner assessments are on,” mentioned Nabanita Chakraborty, faculty essential.
Several a number of the protesters claimed they had been assured of having attained the important attendance and accused the authorities of being corrupt. There had been others, who rather overtly mentioned they did not understand the college could be so strict as categories began handiest in August, following through the Puja holiday. “I am sure I've over 60% attendance. A instructor has informed me I've 74% attendance however nonetheless, my title is at the list. But some scholars who never attend categories are being allowed for the examination,” mentioned Doyel Mondal, a firstyear BCom pupil. Her pal, Ajay Kundu, claimed the professors would jot down attendance on a work of paper and infrequently introduced the check in. “The lecturers didn't carry out their responsibility correctly. Since that is our first year, we will have to be allowed a little bit grace,” he mentioned.
But after the college authorities refused to meet them, in spite of ready outdoor the gate from 11am until 2.30pm, the scholars it appears “grew determined and blocked the Golpark crossing”. They hurled guardrails and stones at the passing cars and some banged at the automobiles trying to manoeuvre their well beyond the agitators, whilst law enforcement officials reportedly regarded on. The mayhem shut down all the Golpark crossing round 2.40pm, forcing a number of commuters, including aged headed to hospitals to youngsters getting back from school, to walk to their destinations. Actordirector-singer Anjan Dutta, too, was caught within the snarl.
But other folks, similar to Uber motive force Vijay Shah, suffered the most as the scholars attacked him and vandalized his automotive as he attempted to pick out up a passenger from close to Golpark. “My windscreen was damaged and they attempted to tug me out. I don’t even know what they had been protesting towards,” he mentioned.2The blockade was lifted round three.50pm after a senior police officer informed scholars that schooling minister Partha Chatterjee would meet 5 of them at his home to talk about the issue. None was arrested until overdue on Friday as no complaint was lodged, law enforcement officials mentioned.
Trouble began with the college authorities publishing a list of BCom Honours scholars who didn't have 60% attendance, a condition will have to for showing for assessments. The first list mentioned the names of 430 out of the 700 BCom first-year scholars who failed to score the attendance cut-off. However later, the college authorities introduced down the minimum attendance to 55% and struck off the names of 65 scholars. Remaining 365 scholars had been barred from getting into the campus, where bureaucracy for the first-semester assessments had been being filled. But the scholars demanded that everybody be allowed to sit down for the assessments—without reference to their attendance share—and took their violent demonstration directly to the street, developing mayhem within the locality. The police it appears stood as silent observers.
“The scholars began their protest outdoor the college gate. On figuring out the authorities would no longer give in to their demands, they took the demonstration directly to the thoroughfare, which they blocked for over an hour. The blockade was in spite of everything removed a little bit before 4pm after the state schooling minister intervened and called a gaggle of agitating scholars to his home and concentrate to their demands,” mentioned a senior Kolkata Police officer.
A similar protest was staged through scholars at Gurudas College in Phoolbagan over the same factor. The first-year BCom scholars at Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya at Muraripukur claimed senior contributors of the college union, run through the ruling birthday party scholars’ wing, had allegedly informed them they had to attend just a handful of categories and the rest, they would organize. The union representatives, then again, denied the claim.
At South City, the unrest began brewing on Thursday, when the scholars had been first intimated about deficient attendance of a majority of the accountancy scholars, who laid siege to the essential’s administrative center soon after. “However, I didn’t name the police or let the topic escalate. I tried to convince the scholars that this was the university tenet. But later at night time, the minister in rate called me to learn about the issue and suggested me to get police posting at the faculty on Friday. The law enforcement officials helped keep the agitating scholars outdoor the college, however they took the demonstration to the street, harassing commuters. I've asked for police deployment for Saturday as smartly, inner assessments are on,” mentioned Nabanita Chakraborty, faculty essential.
Several a number of the protesters claimed they had been assured of having attained the important attendance and accused the authorities of being corrupt. There had been others, who rather overtly mentioned they did not understand the college could be so strict as categories began handiest in August, following through the Puja holiday. “I am sure I've over 60% attendance. A instructor has informed me I've 74% attendance however nonetheless, my title is at the list. But some scholars who never attend categories are being allowed for the examination,” mentioned Doyel Mondal, a firstyear BCom pupil. Her pal, Ajay Kundu, claimed the professors would jot down attendance on a work of paper and infrequently introduced the check in. “The lecturers didn't carry out their responsibility correctly. Since that is our first year, we will have to be allowed a little bit grace,” he mentioned.
But after the college authorities refused to meet them, in spite of ready outdoor the gate from 11am until 2.30pm, the scholars it appears “grew determined and blocked the Golpark crossing”. They hurled guardrails and stones at the passing cars and some banged at the automobiles trying to manoeuvre their well beyond the agitators, whilst law enforcement officials reportedly regarded on. The mayhem shut down all the Golpark crossing round 2.40pm, forcing a number of commuters, including aged headed to hospitals to youngsters getting back from school, to walk to their destinations. Actordirector-singer Anjan Dutta, too, was caught within the snarl.
But other folks, similar to Uber motive force Vijay Shah, suffered the most as the scholars attacked him and vandalized his automotive as he attempted to pick out up a passenger from close to Golpark. “My windscreen was damaged and they attempted to tug me out. I don’t even know what they had been protesting towards,” he mentioned.2The blockade was lifted round three.50pm after a senior police officer informed scholars that schooling minister Partha Chatterjee would meet 5 of them at his home to talk about the issue. None was arrested until overdue on Friday as no complaint was lodged, law enforcement officials mentioned.
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