The VC had a heated verbal exchange with the agitating students and later informed that over 40 students “manhandled” him, but he would not succumb to their pressure tactics.
Visva Bharati University students gherao VC, check details
A group of students allegedly gheraoed Visva Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Professor Bidyut Chakraborty at his office within its campus. The VC had a heated verbal exchange with the agitating students and later informed that over 40 students “manhandled” him, but he would not succumb to their pressure tactics.
"All they want is to humiliate me and the teachers as I had sought to bring discipline in the academic and administrative affairs of Visva Bharati. They want to throw the august institution founded by Rabindranath Tagore into lawlessness. I won't let that happen," the V-C asserted.
The group of students including PhD scholars, accused VC of threatening and misbehaving with them for protesting against his high-handedness.
"We had submitted a charter of demands about ways to improve the academic functioning of the institution to the V-C's office 10 days back. However, as there was no response, we wanted to discuss with him, but he abused us," claimed Visva Bharati student and spokesperson of SFI Somnath Sow.
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