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NIT Srinagar : Protesting students boycott classes, demand shifting of the institute
Srinagar, Apr 7 (IBNS) Student protesters at Srinagar's National Institute of Technology or NIT boycotted classes on Thursday and raised slogans in the campus demanding that the institute be shifted out of the Jammu and Kashmir capital, reports said.
The agitation took place despite Union Education Minister Smriti Irani's assurance on Wednesday that the students coming from outside Kashmir will be safe at the institute and will have to deal with no injustice.
The non-Kashmiri students told a visiting central team on Wednesday that they fear for their safety and so want the institute shifted out of Srinagar.
The non-Kashmiri students told a visiting central team on Wednesday that they fear for their safety and so want the institute shifted out of Srinagar.
They have also demanded action against the policemen who lathicharged student protesters on Tuesday evening after a clash at the institute's main gates.
Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh has said a committee inquiring into the allegations of police excesses will submit its report in 15 days.
"Strongly condemn lathicharge on #NITSrinagar students. When will BJP &allies learn that brute force against students can never be a solution?" tweeted Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
"Strongly condemn lathicharge on #NITSrinagar students. When will BJP &allies learn that brute force against students can never be a solution?" tweeted Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
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