PUSU basic secretary refuses to take oath over hostel subject | Schooling
On the oath-taking ceremony after the Patna College college students’ union (PUSU), the newly-elected basic secretary Saloni Raj created a flutter by refusing to take oath on the difficulty of reopening of boys’ hostels for the scholars.
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“I boycott the oath, because the hostels have nonetheless not been allowed to the scholars. My victory is just not my victory alone. It’s a victory of my brothers who supported me. Even for the PUSU polls, there was agitation and one of many calls for was that anllotment of hostels was necessary. I cannot take oath until the hostels are opened,” she mentioned from the dais, as the scholars cheered her.
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The hostels within the PU have remained closed since November after unrest they usually haven’t been allowed afresh, though many college students come from exterior. Whereas the scholars face hardship, the college is shedding on income.
The problem of hostel was additionally on the agenda of various college students organisations’ assembly with the Chancellor in October final.
Remainder of the office-bearers of PUSU central panel, nonetheless, took oath. A lot of college students gathered for the oath ceremony on the historic Wheeler Senate Corridor.
Three of the 5 central panel seats of PUSU went to girls, together with the put up of president to the BJP-affiliate Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad-backed candidate Maithil Mrinalini.
Saloni, who fought as an unbiased candidate and gained by a giant margin polling the best variety of 4274 votes, took the stage when her title was introduced and dropped the bombshell, saying she would take oath solely after the boys hostels allotment is completed.
Different central panel members who took oath included the vice chairman Dheeraj Kumar, joint secretary Somya Srivastava and treasurer Rohan.
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Often called the cradle of politics, which blossomed through the college students’ motion underneath Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan PUSU elections at all times draw quite a lot of consideration, although its relevance in mainstream election has considerably diminished because of lack fo area for youth on the larger platform of state politics within the final three many years.
