Friday, March 1, 2013

Sanothimi campus tense, security tightened


BHAKTAPUR, MAR 01 -

Tension gripped the Sanothimi Campus since Friday morning, leading to the Campus to be put under police protection in order to avert any further clashes among the warring students.

The campus reopened today three days after the clash between various students union taking over a dispute on the martyrs sports week planned by the Free Students Union, Sano Thimi Campus. Twelve students were injured in the clash.

The sports event was supposed to begin on Thursday. However, the campus administration closed the campus for two days on Wednesday and Thursday.

In protest, the Nepal Students' Union and the ANNFSU proposed a joint programme of protest against Campus Chief Nar Prasad Thapa and the FSU to be held this morning, resulting in a tense environment in and around the campus premises.

In response, the campus administration issued a notice of closing down the campus for five days until March 5. It has meanwhile also called the students association for talks to be held at 11:00 am today.

However, the NSU and ANNFSU have declined the offer. "We will continue with our protest programmes and also not sit for talks until our demands are met", said NSU central member Bikash Thapa.

Central member of ANNFSU Revolutionary Subas Dhakal said though the sports week was a continuous of the past, we have decided to sit for a talk to resolve the differences that have arisen because of the event. RSS

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