New Delhi: Alleging the harassment by a bit of scholar union leaders and non-teaching workers, the vice-chancellor (VC) of Rabindra Bharati University (RBU), Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury on Thursday mentioned that he needed to give up the submit as quickly as potential. He mentioned that he has already shared his issues with the West Bengal authorities however he was informed to proceed because the VC of the college until his tenure got here to an finish in September.
Asked if the agitators bore any affiliation with the ruling TMC, he mentioned, “Yes, I think so.” “I had knowledgeable schooling minister Bratya Basu in regards to the prevailing state of affairs on multiple event, and he promised to deal with the difficulty. But issues haven’t improved. I additionally wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee twice explaining how tough it was getting for me to work within the face of harassment by some college students and employees,” Basu Ray Chaudhury, who had been the VC of RBU for 4 years, mentioned.
Giving additional particulars, the VC mentioned, “A piece of protesters saved banging on the door of my chamber throughout a protest in opposition to offline exams. On one other event, these agitators repeatedly barged into the room protesting in opposition to the humid situations on campus and threatened to occupy my workplace throughout working hours daily shouting slogans.
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“For some issue or the other – this group consisting of some students and staff members have been regularly harassing me. I stopped attending the office since the third week of July.” Basu Ray Chaudhury lamented that the schooling minister or anybody from the CMO didn’t attain out to him to this point to guarantee him that the problems raised by him had been being addressed “to his satisfaction”.
The VC had in March 2020 stepped down from the submit after a bit of feminine college students flaunting obscene slogans on their again, distorting songs of Tagore, on the eve of Holi.
Meanwhile, TMC MLA Tapas Roy additionally reacted to the incident and mentioned, “If the honourable VC has any grievance, it is better he gets it resolved by talking to the government.”
Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMC understudies’ wing) state president Trinankur Bhattacharya informed PTI that the highest management of his celebration would by no means assist something that might hamper the working of an academic establishment.
“We are in favour of students and VC resolving this issue amicably in the interests of all. The TMCP has no connection with the agitating students; it is not behind the stir. We would request the VC to reconsider his decision as we have the highest regard for him,” Bhattacharya added.
(With PTI inputs)
