By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, March 23: The KSU is planning to seek support from the state’s political leaders to pressure the Centre to remove Vice Chancellor Prabha Shankar Shukla from the NEHU campus.
KSU general secretary Donald V Thabah told The Shillong Times on Sunday that they will meet with Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, the Cabinet ministers, the three parliamentarians from the state, and other political leaders who are concerned about the Centre’s adamant attitude and failure to take cognizance of the demand to remove the VC.
He was clear that the KSU would not allow the VC to enter the NEHU campus even if the Union Education Ministry was against it.
Thabah condemned the VC for making efforts to return to NEHU despite knowing that no one wants him back.
He recalled that even the Mawlai Town Dorbar had resolved to not allow the VC to enter the university campus.
He emphasized that the VC’s refusal to meet aggrieved students and resolve the non-teaching fraternity’s grievances led to an indefinite hunger strike last year.
The KSU general secretary urged the Centre to appoint someone else committed to restoring the university’s past glory.
Earlier, the NEHUSU and the KSU NEHU Unit had expressed concerns about the reluctance of senior professors of the university to take on the role of Acting Vice Chancellor.
NEHUSU president Sandy Sohtun believes there is a hidden agenda behind Vice Chancellor PS Shukla’s actions and claims that he has violated recruitment norms.
The student bodies have also urged the university’s teaching and non-teaching fraternity to refrain from complying with any directives, orders, meetings, decisions, or instructions issued by the VC or the Registrar.
