CURATED BY – BHAGWAN DAS BERAGI | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Satna, student organizations NSUI and Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP), affiliated to different ideologies and political parties, were agitating at different places on Monday over different issues. NSUI staged a sit-in protest at the Circuit House intersection in the city against the discrepancies of NEET examination across the country and the situation arising out of it, while ABVP made the Nagaud-Uchehra road the center of its activity. They cited the protest against the deficiencies of the government college building of Nagaud as the reason for their activity

College building of Nagaud dilapidated

Half a hundred students of Government Jalad Trimurti Mahavidyalaya Nagaud staged a sit-in protest in the presence of ABVP workers. The students gathered in the college campus at 11 am. After this, they sat on a dharna on the Nagaud-Uchehra main road while raising slogans. They blocked the road for two hours over 15 point demands. On receiving information about the road jam, Nagaud police station in-charge Ashok Pandey reached the spot and explained. Still, the protesting students did not listen. Then the Tehsildar was called. He convinced the protesting students. Then the traffic was restored. Nagaud's ABVP city minister Suryadev Singh Parihar says that the college building is from the 90s and is dilapidated. 4000 students live at risk. There is also a need to repair the college building, paint it, besides proper arrangement of drinking water in the college, new library, toilets for girl students, sports equipment, systematic parking, installation of CCTV cameras and opening of police post.

Protest on allegations of rigging in NEET

Alleging rigging in the NEET exam across the country, NSUI protested at the Circuit House intersection on Monday. They also raised slogans against the government and burnt an effigy. Activists under the leadership of student leaders Namo Tripathi Kandaila and Harsh Singh also addressed during this time and said that the interests of the students are being violated during the tenure of the BJP government. He also said that thousands of students have been disappointed because of the irregularities in NEET. Many students have ended their lives. A promising daughter of Vindhya region committed suicide in Kota. If the government does not take a decision regarding the scam soon, then in the coming days NSUI workers will do alms-seeking and fierce protests along with all the students. On this occasion, student leaders like Rishabh Nigam, Shivanjay Singh Baghel, Manas Pandey, Shivansh Dwivedi Khamaria, Jai Pandey, Arvind Vishwakarma, Surendra Kushwaha, Utkarsh Mishra were also present.