SFI holds protest for reopening DU, to start 'Sadak pe Kaksha' till the varsity reopens
India Today
The SFI held a protest outside the DU VC's office for the reopening of the university and also announced that they will be conducting 'Sadak pe Kaksha' till the university reopens.
The Students Federation of India (SFI) organised a protest over the reopening of Delhi University today. According to a press release by the students' body, over 400 students gathered at the call of SFI to 'gherao' the VC Office today from 11:00 am. The students demanded the reopening of Delhi University after the revised DDMA guidelines were issued.
Additionally, the protesting students hung an 'Out of Service' placard over the gate of the VC office compound while other student and teacher organisations extended their support to the protest, SFI informed further.
The students' body has also alleged that female SFI activists were harassed by the police.
Additionally, students locked the gate of Delhi University, VC from inside and claimed to "let VC feel how we feel."
SFI Hindu College Secretary Ankit Birpali said, "The frustration of students is quite evident. You can see it in their faces, hear it in their voices. VC must address the situation in the next two days or else we would have to break the locks of our classrooms ourselves."
The students body informed further that over 53 departments across the university observed complete boycott of online classes in the protesting students' support.
Arushi Sharma, a student of Miranda House, "Many of us are not in Delhi right now so we couldn't join the protest called by SFI. But we decided that we must take action to send a message that students in general support the demand of re-opening the campus. Hence, we boycotted online classes today."
