Odisha govt to seek report on dharna by Utkal Varsity VC

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Odisha govt to seek report over Utakal Varsity VC’s dharnaBhubaneswar: Odisha government is likely to seek a report from Utkal University Vice Chancellor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik on his 12-hour long dharna in front of his own office here on Tuesday.

Informing about this, Higher Education Minister Ananta Das said that he has no information about Patnaik’s dharna. But a report on the reason behind his dharna will be sought from the Vice Chancellor and action will be taken, if needed. Every University of the state is under the state government as per the Odisha University Act, the minister pointed out.

Commenting on the students’ demand for students’ union election, the Minister said that it is too early to say whether elections will be conducted in the varsity this year,

In a desperate attempt to bring back peace and conducive academic atmosphere in the campus, the Vice Chancellor has launched a dawn-to-dusk dharna. Some of the staff of the grand old institution of the state also joined him.

Patnaik, possibly the first ever VC to sit on dharna in Odisha, took the step after tension erupted in the university yesterday. Some students had gheraoed him demanding election, which had been cancelled and sine die declared on September 18 after recurring violence in the campus.

The University reopened yesterday after authorities lifted the sine die on Sunday.

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