JnU students give 24-hr ultimatum to VC, proctorial body, provosts to resign

The students of Jagannath University (JnU) on Sunday gave a 24-hour ultimatum to Vice Chancellor Dr Sadeka Halim, registrar, full proctor body and hall provosts to step down by 3 pm on Monday.

The students issued the ultimatum after a view-exchange meeting at the Central Auditorium at 2 pm.

They also brought out a protest procession from the academic building on the campus and staged demonstrations there around 2:30 pm.

Swarna Akter Ria, the coordinator of the Anti-discrimination student movement, said “We gave them a 24-hour ultimatum to resign within 3 pm on Monday and if they do not step down then we will go for a tougher movement.”

The protesters also placed 13-point demands including a ban on student politics on campus, bearing the medical expenses of students who died or were injured during the protest, relieving those who got jobs on the campus with BCL affiliation within two days, holding an election after enacting guidelines within September 20, freeing the occupied dormitories and allocating those based on merits, implementing the construction work of second campus of the university, ensuring academic atmosphere, banning politics of teachers and giving priority to the students of the university during teachers’ recruitment and taking effective measures in stopping extortion and bidding in the name of politics.