Students staged a protest at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged lathicharge on students in Delhi.
Students staged a protest at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth on Wednesday, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged lathicharge on students in Delhi.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress workers demonstrated at the district headquarters, wearing chains, holding posters and raising slogans.
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Hundreds of students staged a sit-in on the Kashi Vidyapeeth campus following the protest. Police personnel from several police stations were deployed on the campus to maintain law and order.
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Organised under the banners of the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the protest saw students raising slogans against the government and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
NSUI student leader Rishabh Pandey alleged that protests were being held across the country demanding the resignation of the Union Education Minister.
He claimed that police had also used force against female students during the Delhi protest and that Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was also injured. He said the students would not back down from their movement.
Meanwhile, at the district headquarters, SP workers staged a symbolic protest by wearing chains. Police also detained several party leaders during the demonstration. SP leader Sandeep Mishra said the protest was held peacefully so that the students’ voices could reach the administration.
He said the demonstration was organised against the alleged lathicharge on students at Jantar Mantar. SP workers also demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Similar protests were also staged by Congress workers in the city. In view of the protests, a large police force was deployed at the district headquarters.
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