Students told to go home at own responsibility

Amit Khajuria

Tribune News Service

Jammu, April 9

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) administration, which had promised the non- Kashmiri students to facilitate their safe transit from Kashmir, is now forcing them to sign a consent form to leave the campus at their own responsibility. Fear-stricken students smell deep-rooted conspiracy against them.

The institute had issued a notice on the next day of police action on the campus on the non-Kashmiri students that those wanting to go home should give their names and the administration would facilitate their safe transit from Kashmir.

But when many of them applied for it, the administration gave them a form in which they have to give a consent that they are going home at their own responsibility. The non-Kashmiri students while refusing to sign the consent form say that it is a deep-rooted conspiracy against them.

“The NIT administration is the main culprit for our sufferings. Police action was ordered by the administration and without the director’s permission the police cannot enter the campus. Now they are trying to divide the students by sending some of them home,” a non-Kashmiri student informed The Tribune on phone.

“Their double standards can be seen in the consent form and the notice issued on Wednesday. In the notice they assured to facilitate our safe transit and now asking us to sign a consent form that we have to go at our own risk,” he added.

The students have now decided that they will not leave the campus and continue their agitation demanding a CBI probe and shifting of campus from Kashmir.

“They want to send us home so that the probe can be done as per their own sweet will. They have now imposed Section 144 on the campus,” said another non-Kashmiri student.

“We want to talk to the media, but they do not allow the media on the campus and spreading false news in the media that students are demanding Wi-Fi and 24-hour electricity on the campus. We have been living here for the last more than two years and we can adjust without these things for one more year. They are trying to divert attention from our main demand,” he added.

Students continue to boycott their classes for the ninth consecutive day and the protest is being continued during night as well.