Western Orissa Students’ Joint Action Committee (WOSJAC) intensify stir demanding Central university status for Sambalpur University
February 26, 2010 at 9:33 pm sanjibkarmee 2 comments
Following is a report from http://www.orissadiary.com:
Report by Byomakesh Panda, Sambalpur: Western Orissa Students’ Joint Action Committee (WOSJAC) has threatened to intensify stir demanding Central university status for Sambalpur University and called Sambalpur bandh on February 10 to press for their demands.
Addressing the mediapersons here on Sunday , Satyabrata Dash , convener of WOSJAC said that they are demanding a permanent bench of Orissa High Court in western Orissa and upgradation of VSS Medical College, Burla, into a unitary university.
The members of WOSJAC have staged demonstration and mass dharana in front of office of the Collector on Monday and again will stage a demonstration in front of office of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Division) on Tuesday and submit a memorandum.
Besides Sambalpur bandh, all the 182 colleges affiliated to Sambalpur University and other educational institutions across western Orissa will be shut down on February 10 and students would block highways paralysing vehicular movement, he said.
WOSJAC general secretary Padmanava Mishra said they would even launch fastunto- death in future if the State Government turned a deaf ear to their genuine demands. He also said they would protest Ministers’ visit to western Orissa.
Entry filed under: Central University status for Sambalpur University, Higher Education Zone, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur-Rairakhol-Kuchinda, Universities.
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Jayadev kar | May 16, 2010 at 11:25 am
Central University status to the solitary university of Sambalpur betterly known as Sambalpur University is the need of the hour. I entirely support this cause. I condemn in strongest possible terms the people who are against the cause. Jayadev kar
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Bikashmeher | June 25, 2011 at 8:42 am
Mor ga na agalpur mue mor janam mati k vuli na e pare