140 HOURS OF PROTEST : UPDATED DEMANDS

With the protest entering its 140th hour, the demands of the students of the University are as follows: 1. The Hon’ble Chancellor visits the campus of NUSRL and address the grievances of the students. 2. Complete Administrative overhaul, including the appointment of Permanent Vice-Chancellor and Registrar, by an unbiased and competent screening committee. 3. The financial records of the University should be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or by any other unbiased external authority. The Annual Audit reports of the Accounts of the University, should be immediately published. 4.Release of funds by the State Government for completion of the proposed master plan and furnishing status-report of funding for the university with respect to the State Government. 5. Ensuring the appointment of qualified and competent permanent faculty through a fair and transparent procedure with special emphasis on the qualifications of the application reviewing/selection committee. 6. The report of the fact-finding committee appointed by the Bar Council of India, which visited the university and took cognizance of the persisting issues, be made available. 7. There shall be no Student Victimization under the garb of authority. There shall be no action on the protesting students and the participating students shall not be victimized. The protest against the maladministration and corruption began in April, 2017. The students were promised by the higher authorities that their demands would be fulfilled within the period of 3 months. The same did not take place. Thus, the students sat on the road of the institution in a peaceful protest in September, 2017. In the past few days, the students have been victimized, the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor in charge has openly threatened the students that if the protest goes on, he will ruin their careers. Physical force was deployed within the premises of the campus in order to intimidate innocent students. Also, the right to peacefully protest was infringed when a few students who were recording the presence of these armed personnel and water cannon on the campus were roughed up and then, detained without any cause by the police. The students have been sitting in the scorching heat, have stood in the heavy rains, slept on the road in the cold frosty nights of the past few days. Even then, they are bravely standing up for their rights. Support from different Universities and the Media has helped them in being fearless while taking this protest forward. From being victimized and threatened by the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor Incharge to being roughed up and intimidated by the armed personnel, the students are still determined to fight for their rights. NUSRL thus stands in SOLIDARITY. NUSRL stands UNITED. NUSRL is FEARLESS. #unitednusrl #buildnusrl #fearlessnusrl #i_am_nusrl #keep_it_trending