On the oath-taking ceremony after the Patna College college students’ union (PUSU), the newly-elected common secretary Saloni Raj created a flutter by refusing to take oath on the difficulty of reopening of boys’ hostels for the scholars.
Patna College. (HT FILE)
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“I boycott the oath, as the hostels have still not been allowed to the students. My victory is not my victory alone. It is a victory of my brothers who supported me. Even for the PUSU polls, there was agitation and one of the demands was that anllotment of hostels was important. I will not take oath till the hostels are opened,” she stated from the dais, as the scholars cheered her.
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The hostels within the PU have remained closed since November after unrest and so they haven’t been allowed afresh, despite the fact that many college students come from exterior. Whereas the scholars face hardship, the college is dropping on income.
The difficulty of hostel was additionally on the agenda of various college students organisations’ assembly with the Chancellor in October final.
Remainder of the office-bearers of PUSU central panel, nonetheless, took oath. Numerous college students gathered for the oath ceremony on the historic Wheeler Senate Corridor.
Three of the 5 central panel seats of PUSU went to girls, together with the publish of president to the BJP-affiliate Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad-backed candidate Maithil Mrinalini.
Saloni, who fought as an unbiased candidate and received by a giant margin polling the very best variety of 4274 votes, took the stage when her title was introduced and dropped the bombshell, saying she would take oath solely after the boys hostels allotment is finished.
Different central panel members who took oath included the vice chairman Dheeraj Kumar, joint secretary Somya Srivastava and treasurer Rohan.
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Often called the cradle of politics, which blossomed throughout the college students’ motion below Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan PUSU elections all the time draw a whole lot of consideration, although its relevance in mainstream election has considerably diminished attributable to lack fo area for youth on the larger platform of state politics within the final three a long time.