All members of GU commerce admissions committee resign

All members of GU commerce admissions committee resign

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ahmedabad:  21.07.2020

All members of the Gujarat University admissions committee for commerce courses put in their papers on Monday, even as admissions to five courses are on in full swing.

As many as 40,000 students whose admissions are pending have now been left in the lurch.

Three days ago, the committee members wrote to the varsity vice-chancellor, asking him to address the issue the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), which is holding demonstrations in protest against the selection of the committee and outsourcing of part of the admissions work to a private agency.

“The committee wrote to the authorities after ABVP members began targeting them. A few days ago, ABVP workers had locked up the admission committee members,” sources in GU said.

The nine members, including the convener of the committee resigned on Monday after the GU authorities turned a blind eye to their concerns, sources said.

A security guard was beaten up a few days ago and the GU authorities did not report the matter to the police, sources said.