DU Salary Row: ABVP, NSUI stage separate protests against Delhi Government's decision

The ABVP and NSUI have staged a protest over the Delhi Government's decision to give outstanding salaries to the 12 DU college employees from SSF.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the National Students Union of India (NSUI) has staged protests over the Delhi Government's order to the 12 Delhi University colleges fully funded by it to pay the outstanding salaries to the employees from the Students Society Fund (SSF). According to police, 53 protesters were detained before they could reach the Delhi secretariat and released subsequently.
NSUI national president Neeraj Kundan said the students' fund is part of the fees collected from students and according to university statutes, it cannot be utilised for paying salaries to teachers.

"On one hand, the Delhi government says it allocates such a high budget for education and on the other, it is not ready to give grants for payment of salaries. We demand that the order be revoked and the government release grants to these colleges," Mr Kundan said.

"It is high time that the management and control of these 12 colleges, wherein everyone ranging from the teaching as well as non-teaching staff to the students is suffering due to the apathy and ineptitude of the Delhi government, is entrusted with the Union government," Mr Yadav added.

The "Chalo Dilli Sachivalaya" or "March to Delhi Secretariat" protest was stopped by the police from reaching the secretariat building. The agitating students held a sit-in outside the secretariat and highlighted the adverse impact of the order on the interests of the student community. The Delhi government on October 16 had directed the 12 Delhi University (DU) colleges fully funded by it to pay the outstanding salaries of the staff from the SSF, a move criticised by the university's teachers' body and officials.

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