SP students’ wing protests against LU exams on campus

SP students’ wing protests against LU exams on campus

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow  30.06.2020

: A day after the call to boycott Lucknow University examinations trended on Twitter, a group of LU students associated with Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha on Monday protested on the campus against the varsity’s decision to conduct examinations from July 7 despite the spike in Covid-19 cases. The protesters sat outside the administrative block and raised slogans. Led by PhD scholar Anil Singh Master, the protesters said that conducting exams when the infection rate was at its peak would put students’ health in peril.

“Our health and lives are more important than examinations. How can a university, which fails to provide basic facilities like clean toilets and drinking water to students, be able to conduct examinations for 1.60 lakh students with just sanitizers and thermal scanners?” asked Master.

LU proctor Dinesh Kumar tried to persuade the students to withdraw the agitation but they did not relent. Later, police and PAC jawans took them to Police Lines and released them on personal bonds.

LU spokesperson Durgesh Srivastava said, “The government has formed a committee to take a call on examinations in universities. Hence, students should be patient.”

LU students protest on Monday