Office-bearers of Mid-Western University locked up

Office-bearers of Mid-Western University locked up

SURKHET, JUL 29 -

Different student organisations, which are in agitation putting forth various demands, have locked in office-bearers of the Mid-Western University including vice chancellor, registrar and deanin a quarter, on Monday morning. 

A group of students led by All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU) locked Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Padamlal Devkota, Registrar Thekendra Prakash Giri as well as other office-bearers at Devkota's quarters at 10:00 am. All of them were at Devkota's quarters at the time.

Secretary of ANNFSU, Surkhet, Prem Khadka, said that the quarters of the office-bearers of the University was padlocked today under their agitation programme.

Khadka said that they have also seized vehicles of Vice-Chancellor Devkota and Registrar Giri and they have now been kept at the District Administration Office, Surkhet.

The students have launched agitation saying the university officials appointed employees illegally, politicised in the University, among others. 

Now, the Nepal Students Union (NSU) and All Nepal National Independent Union (ANNISU)-Revolutionary have backtracked from the agitation although they had participated in it in the beginning.

The two student organisations backtracked from the agitation saying environment should be created for office-bearers to carry out works. 

Meanwhile, ANNFSU, Surkhet, has also padlocked the Education Campus Surkhet and central office of the Mid-Western Universitysaying students of NSU on Sunday night had thrown away the sign boards of ANNFSU, which were kept at the campus premises. RS