Jadavpur University Pro-Vice-Chancellor Pradip Kumar Ghosh left the campus after 72 hours, after agitating students lifted a gherao demanding a tripartite meeting on holding students' union elections.
Members of Arts Faculty Students' Union (AFSU), Science Faculty Students Union (SFSU) and Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union (FETSU) started an indefinite sit-in outside Ghosh's office to press for their demand on Friday evening.
A member of the Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) said the Pro-VC left the campus around 7 pm after sending a letter to the Higher Education department requesting immediate steps to convene a tripartite meeting of the university, students and the government for facilitating students' union polls in the institution at the earliest.
AFSU General Secretary Debraj Debnath said, "We have let the Pro-VC to leave the campus as he was not feeling well. But we will continue our sit-in for another 72 hours till there is concrete assurances about holding the tripartite talks at the earliest."
Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said on Sunday, "students' election process cannot be initiated solely for one institution."
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