Education
Winds of change in country, says jubilant Congress of DUSU results
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Accusing the BJP-led NDA government of “rigging” student elections, the Congress on Wednesday said the victory of the party-affiliated NSUI in the Delhi University Students Union elections signalled “winds of change” in the country and that the youth were teaching a lesson to the “person who misled them”.
The National Students Union of India won the President and Vice President’s post in DUSU after five years.
The Congress alleged that the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, which won the Joint Secretary and Secretary posts, used “unfair means” to win the two posts.
“NSUI friends are saying that victories have been registered in all the four posts. But, ABVP along with the Delhi University administration has used unfair means to win two seats,” said Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari.
“The NSUI has all options open. You must have seen how the NSUI candidate for presidential post’s nomination was cancelled in an inappropriate manner. Later, Delhi HC cleared his nomination,” he said, referring to Rocky Tuseed who won the election.
“Today, he won the seat with a huge margin. This is not single example. The atmosphere in the country is changing. The person who misled the youth, he (Narendra Modi) is now being taught a lesson by them,” he added.
Tewari said: “NSUI had also won the Punjab University Students Union and Rajasthan University Students Union elections. This is a sign of the wind of change in the country. The process of change has started with the NSUI.”
On the NSUI allegation of rigging, Tewari said: “As far as I know, I don’t remember anything such happening in the history of DUSU elections.
“From 1972 to 1985, ABVP had won continuously and NSUI was in the second place. From 1985 till 2017, sometimes they won and sometimes we did. But, we never heard allegations of rigging in elections,” said Tewari.
“Also, the nomination of a candidate was never cancelled. So, therefore this proves that how NDA-BJP government is trying to interfere in the matter of the universities. This is a manifestation of the subversion of Indian universities by NDA-BJP government. They were also defeated in JNU,” he added.
“Does Modi now believe that those who voted for the winners in JNU are anti-nationals. The lies are now getting exposed now and it is a victory of truth,” he said.
–IANS
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.