Presidency VC meets agitators again; students not to give in

Presidency University Vice-Chancellor Anuradha Lohia today met the agitating students for the second time in three days, while students vowed to continue their five-day-old stir for immediate accommodation to an old hostel building under renovation.

Lohia urged the students to call off their indefinite sit-in saying it was putting lots of strain on the students themselves and the university's normal functioning.

A university spokesman said Lohia accompanied by Registrar Debajyoti Konar, met the 50-odd students agitating on a corridor of the first floor of the building.

The VC promised them that renovation work for the six blocks of old Hindu Hostel will be completed after five months and the blocks will be thrown open for boarders once the PWD gave clearance, the spokesman said.

"As I told you on Monday, the hostel cannot be declared fit for use unless the PWD completes work. Please cooperate with us," the spokesman said quoting the VC.

Ayan Chakraborty, one agitating student, said "It is better to stay at the university campus and attend classes. We are not obstructing anyone."