Trouble brews in Manipur University

Imphal, February 12 : The Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU) on Wednesday demanded the resignation of the three officials of the Manipur University (MU) on moral grounds for allegedly conducting recruitment under pressure. The students’ union also banned the recruitment of the professors with effect from Wednesday and asserted that it would not recognize those selected during the said recruitment.

The union also burnt the effigies of vice chancellor, C. Amuba, Prof. HNK Sharma, and registrar N. Lokendra of the university infront of the administrative block of the MU.

Talking to media persons, Ksh. Narayan, president of MUSU informed that they had received information of interviews being conducted in hotels in the Imphal area and added that MUSU would not recognize the selected professors. While condemning the act of the officials of the university, the president informed that the students’ union also demands the resignation of the officials on moral ground.

The president, however, clarified that the ban was only on the three officials and therefore called upon the rest of the staff along with the students to conduct their duties as normal.

During the protest, the MUSU also displayed wall banners that read, “Down with real politics”, “We demand a response from the authority for why they won’t resign”, “They are the assassinators of the future student communities”, “They are vanguard of Anarchism”, etc.

The president further warned that if such activities continue than the MUSU would consider it as an invitation to different forms of agitations.