Hundreds of student activists from the regional committee of All Assam Students Union (AASU), Namrup carried out a torch light rally in collaboration with Dibrugarh district AASU committee in protest against closing down of Jorhat Women University in Namrup on Monday.
The rally started from the AASU office near Sonari Tiniali and concluded in Sarmah Tiniali in the town.
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In the side-lines of the rally, the district education secretary of the studentsโ body, Abani Kumar Gogoi said, โAssam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made contradictory statement that Womenโs University will be closed and it will be converted into a technical institute, but they are playing with studentsโ future in closing down the womenโs university which is the only university in Assam situated in Jorhat.โ
The protestors also raised slogans like โBeti Bachao Beti Parhaoโ.
The studentsโ body also demanded immediate appointment of a regular Vice Chancellor in the Assam Womenโs University, immediate establishment of the Womenโs Technical Institute and the Art and Cultural University.
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Those present in the protest were AASU district education secretary Abani Kumar Gogoi; AASU regional committee president Kalpajit Gogoi; AASU regional committee secretary Manash Jyoti Changmai among others.
The protestors also threatened to intensify their agitation if their demands are not met immediately.