The All Revolutionary Party (AKP) close to the NCP had locked the offices of the Vice Chancellor, Rector, and Registrar on Poush 19. TU had given an ultimatum to open the locks placed by the revolutionaries, saying that the agreement had not been implemented.
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The lock on Tribhuvan University, which was placed by the All-Revolutionary Party close to the NCP, was lifted on Monday after three weeks.
The officials have complained that the revolutionaries threatened to physically attack the offices of TU President Dinesh Ain after the lock was opened with the help of the administration. The revolutionaries had locked the offices of the Vice Chancellor, Rector, and Registrar on Poush 19. TU had given an ultimatum to unlock the locks put by the revolutionaries, saying that the agreement had not been implemented.
The Registrar's Office had warned that if the locks were not opened by 8 am on Monday, they would be opened with the help of the police administration. TU has stated that the locks were opened by the student organization itself after the ultimatum and that the administration's help was opened where they were not opened. Dissatisfied students even held a protest rally after the locks were opened. Vice Chancellor Deepak Aryal said that the locks were opened with the help of the administration. 'We opened the locks with the help of the police. But they have said that they will physically attack them. They have said that they will chase them away. That is why I have not been able to sit in my office and work,' he said. President Ayer is accused of threatening physical attacks.
Ayer has objected to the police administration opening the lock. 'Are you trying to make excuses by teasing student organizations and movements?' President Ayer of Krantikari wrote on Facebook, 'Let's see how you enter the university.' Student unions had previously threatened and obstructed the movement of students in the university.
The lock was imposed because the agreement to reduce the fees of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Gender Studies, Social Work and Conflict Peace and Development Studies was not implemented. TU has stated that it has formed a fee review task force to review the fees and has started work. Vice-Chancellor Aryal said that the lock was opened as per the order of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had issued an interim order on Asad 18 not to lock TU and to open it if it had done so. He said that the order has been implemented.
TU had created these 4 departments to be run as self-sufficient programs through budget and programs. An agreement was reached after the revolutionaries protested for 34 days demanding a reduction in fees. Vice-Chancellor Aryal, Rector Khadga KC and Registrar Kedar Rijal had not been able to go to their offices for 24 days after the lockout due to non-implementation of the agreement. They had been working in other bodies of the university. Vice-Chancellor Aryal said that he had been working in different dean's offices and departments and was performing his daily work.
Last Ashar, the Supreme Court had issued an interim order to open the lockout at TU for a month. The Supreme Court's interim order was to not lock/unlock the names of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Police Headquarters and Police Circle Kirtipur, and to open/unlock them if they were locked. After the bench of Judge Nripadhwaj Niraula gave the order, the lock-ups, including the Krantikari, were opened by themselves.
Advocate Mahesh Bhattarai had filed a writ petition naming the Ministry of Home Affairs, Police Headquarters, District Administration Office, Kathmandu, Police Circle Kirtipur, Vice Chancellor, and Registrar's Office as defendants. At that time, the lock-ups were partially in the name of the Professors' Union, Akhil Krantikari, and Navy Union. The Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Rector, and Service Commission offices were separately locked. Krantikari's TU committee chairman Air has been saying that he was forced to lock-ups because the agreement was not implemented.
'We respect and have been doing so under the guise of the court's order. But suppressing the legitimate demands of students, imposing injustice, and administrative oppression under the guise of the court's order is unacceptable.' It is our right and responsibility to resist this,' he said, 'We will not remain silent if the administration tries to attack the peaceful movement of revolutionaries with the force of threats and repression. We will be forced to resist strongly and organized.' He said that the past agreement should be implemented and a solution should be sought through talks and dialogue.
