Students stage protest to increase seats in Cluster University in Jammu

National Students Union of India (NSUI), Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and other students took to streets at different places in the national capital and later dispersed off peacefully.

A group of students has staged a protest separately against the higher education department demanding an increase in the undergraduate seats in all the constituent colleges of Cluster University Jammu. National Students Union of India (NSUI), Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and other students took to streets at different places in the national capital and later dispersed off peacefully. 

As per the officials, "A group of protesting students came out of Government College for Women at Gandhi Nagar in the city and tried to block the main road in support of their demand for increasing the intake capacity and infrastructure improvement in all the constituent colleges."

As reported by NDTV, the protestors were persuaded and were driven back to the college premises by a strong posse of policemen who were rushed to maintain the law and order.

“We are holding a protest to highlight the grievances of the students who were denied admission in the general category by the cluster university despite having secured above 80-90 per cent marks in the previous class,” a protesting student said, as reported by the NDTV.