Standoff between authorities, students in Visva-Bharati continues
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The between the authorities and a section of students continued on Thursday with the latter continuing their sit-in outside the residence of Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty, saying they would not budge until those rusticated were allowed to return. Three students — Somnath Sow and Falguni Pan of economics and Rupa Chakraborty of Hindustani classical music — were expelled for three years on August 23 for taking part in a campus protest in January 2020. Already under suspension for about nine months, they were charged with “gross indiscipline and misconduct”. “More people — teachers, local traders, ashramites [long-time residents of Santiniketan] — have joined our protest. Our sit-in will continue until our rustication is revoked and also until the demands of those supporting us are met,” Mr. Sow, a first-year MA student, told The Hindu on Thursday.More Related News