Tribal students call hill bandh, MUSU to disrupt Assembly tomorrow

Throwing its weight behind the beleaguered vice-chancellor of Manipur University, A P Pandey, a tribal students' body has called for an indefinite hill bandh from tomorrow, coinciding with the Manipur University Students' Union's (MUSU) decision to disrupt the Assembly session for not discussing the impasse at the institute.

Ever since he assumed charge, Pandey worked with efficiency and maintained transparency, the Joint Bodies of Tribal Students, Manipur said in a statement yesterday.

The body, a conglomerate of tribal students' unions, said Pandey's removal must be based on the findings of the probe by the committee appointed by the government, adding, "We are also against the prolonged closure of the university."