One of the India's top most universities; Jadavpur University known for its engineering and science faculties, has been facing a huge protest performed by students from different political associations.
Students are protesting against installing CCTV's cameras in the University.
For more than 24hours, many senior officials, registrar and the university's vice-chancellor have been confined to their offices as a result of "Gherao" (encirclement) made by the students.
Lokeswari Dasgupta, who belongs to the United Students Democratic Forum and is a leading the protests at the Calcutta University, said that students are not terrorists and this is an apparent intrusion to their freedom.
University authorities have planned for installing CCTV's camera in the Jadavpur campus because of Maoist activities. A Maoist leader Debolina Ghosh who was a former student at Jadavpur University, had recently arranged a press conference in the University campus and dared the police to arrest her in the University premises during the press conference, although this reason was not officially admitted by the University authorities.
Moreover, students also state that installing closed-circuit TV network inclusive of 16 CCTV's is a "complete waste".
Palash Ghosh, the general secretary of the engineering department of the university mentioned that it is not fair on the part of the university to spend huge amount of funds, two million rupees ($4,200) on CCTVs when food and drinking facilities provided in the hostel are pathetic.
In addition, there is no Wi-Fi internet connection in the campus so instead of installing CCTV's camera, authorities should spend amount on providing basic facilities in the better way.
Regardless of confined for more than 24 hours, University Vice-chancellor Pradip Ghosh remain stick to his proposal and reluctant to withdraw.
He also said that students are unnecessarily creating an issue on this matter and installation of CCTV camera are essential for the security reasons in the campus and moreover the installation will be completed within a month's time, including gates and various important locations.
Besides this, students are also protesting against a code of conduct imposed by the University authorities which includes students to show their identity cards at the gates while entering the campus and for visitors to leave the university premises by 9pm.
Maoism first took roots in West Bengal in 1970's and since then Jadavpur University is the breeding ground for all the major activities of the left wing. But in spite of these activities, Jadavpur University has been known for "centre of excellence" and is closely linked to India's nuclear programme.
Source: http://topnews.net.nz
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