ABVP stages protest as syndicate meets over campus issues
Jaipur: ABVP functionaries protested outside the
Rajasthan University
vice-chancellor's secretariat Friday as the syndicate body met after a gap of six months. ABVP submitted a memorandum with 10 demands to the syndicate members regarding irregularities in the university.
The syndicate body met to discuss arrangements for the upcoming 34th convocation ceremony of the university, scheduled to take place on May 15. ABVP functionaries alleged that they were lathi-charged by police officials as they peacefully protested and wanted to submit a memorandum to the university syndicate. The memorandum included issues like illegal tree felling on the university campus, an alleged scam in tenders of the university, the dilapidated condition of hostels, and NEP implementation in constituent colleges of RU, among other issues.
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