Student outfits hold demo

Volunteers of Puducherry
units SFI and DYFI today held a joint demonstration at the foot of Kamaraj statue here urging the Centre to intervene and replace the Vice Chancellor of Pondicherry University Dr Chandra Krishnamoorthy.
The demonstrators also condemned the frequent unleashing of police action against the University students who were agitating in support of their charter of demands.
They also stressed that a quota of 25 percent should be available in each of the disciplines in the University for students belonging to the Union Territory.
Saravanan of DYFI and Anand of the SFI were among those who addressed the participants.

Convenor of the Puducherry (South Wing) unit of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R Siva has called upon Puducherry government to hold talks with the student representatives and take immediate steps to bring to an end the current agitation in the university. He said that the delay on the part of the government to hold talks with student representatives was aggravating the situation in the University.
The developments also cast a slur on the image of Puducherry.