The protesting students had earlier alleged that finance officer Vijayalakshmi and vice-chancellor KR Venugopal has violated norms in allocating funds for the UVCE, which is an autonomous institute, by not convening a meeting of the syndicate or consulting the finance committee.
Bangalore University ends protest after varsity agrees to demands
Bangalore University had called off its agitation after the varsity administration gave a nod to the withdrawal of funds that were allocated for developing the mechanical engineering branch of the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE). The protesting students had earlier alleged that finance officer Vijayalakshmi and vice-chancellor KR Venugopal has violated norms in allocating funds for the UVCE, which is an autonomous institute, by not convening a meeting of the syndicate or consulting the finance committee.
The finance officer had also registered a police complaint against a few students, including two research scholars, after they reportedly sought an explanation from her over the allocation.
“At BU, we lack proper hostel facilities, digital and physical infrastructure. The students presented a memorandum before the university to address these problems. Instead, the administration is providing funds amounting to Rs 29 crore for an autonomous college. It is the duty of the state government to fund such initiatives and not snatch funds from the BU. When we sought an explanation from the finance officer on this, she retaliated by filing a police complaint,” said Lokesh Ram, a research scholar at the university.
On Monday, the students' union boycotted the classes demanding immediate withdrawal of funds and a police complaint against the students. On Tuesday, the Bangalore University had agreed to pass an affidavit to follow legal procedures and withdraw funds allocated for the construction of the mechanical block of the UVCE.
The varsity has reportedly also agreed to withdraw the police complaint, after which the students' union called off the protest.
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