Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Protesting MBBS students not allowed to enter campus

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

ROHTAK :MBBS students of a private medical college in Jhajjar protesting against shortage of faculty and other facilities alleged they were not allowed to enter the campus by the authoritie­s on Sunday evening and they were forced to spend the night on the road.

The students are from the first and only batch at the World College of Medical Sciences and Research, which was establishe­d in 2016.

They have been protesting for the past one month.

“We even contacted administra­tion officials, but they did not turn up. Police sent a PCR van but they failed to get us entry into the campus. A minister is helping the college administra­tion to muzzle our voice. We protested everywhere, including in front of Union home minister Amit Shah’s Delhi residence, but to no avail. No one is ready to listen to our concerns. We had submitted the fee for the next year and the college administra­She

SPEND NIGHT ON THE ROAD; HAVE BEEN PROTESTING AGAINST FACULTY SHORTAGE AND OTHER FACILITIES

tion along with the government is trying to spoil our future,” a 22-year-old woman student said.

alleged that each department has barely two to three teachers and the laboratori­es are closed and there are no patients.

Jhajjar MLA Geeta Bhukkal visited the protest site. The government and the administra­tion have failed to address the students’ grievances and they are playing with the future of innocent students, she said.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? The students of World College of Medical Sciences and Research, Jhajjar, sleeping outside the campus on Monday morning.
HT PHOTO The students of World College of Medical Sciences and Research, Jhajjar, sleeping outside the campus on Monday morning.

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