Student bodies of Manipur on Tuesday condemned the alleged use of excessive force by the state police force on the students who were protesting for their right to education at Dhanamanjuri University (DMU).
A release jointly issued by AMSU president Salam Open, MSF president Maibam Julesh Khuman, DESAM president Laishanthem Lamyanba, KSA president SUkham Bidyananda, SUK president Ningthoujam Dhanakumar and AIMS president Khuraijam Singhajit appealed to the state government to take up actions against the police personnel who allegedly used excessive forces against the students who were protesting for their rights to education.
The student bodies had been appealing to the authorities concerned to take up necessary action regarding the alleged lack of proper authorities of the DMU, including a regular registrar, finance officer, and examination controllers, it maintained.
It also mentioned that the students’ organisations had been meeting with the authorities concerned to complete the pending bifurcation process of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the university.
It continued that the DMU with around 22 departments had not been able to provide scholarships to the students as the university is not a 12B status university.
“It is quite unfortunate that the tension between the university authorities and the teaching staff had affected the classes of the postgraduate students,” it read.
It condemned the police force for using alleged excessive force against the students who were fighting for their rights and urged the authorities concerned to take up disciplinary actions against the police personnel.
It also urged the university authorities to complete the pending necessary processes for the sake of the education of the students.
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