There was chaos in the university

The environment of the university has been disturbed for two weeks due to the lockdown following the clash between the Congress-affiliated Navysangh and the Amaleni-affiliated Aneraswiyu. It is not certain when it will ease. It does not seem to be trying for that. Instead, the 13th Assembly (Senate) was held at the Prime Minister's residence Baluwatar in Kathmandu on Wednesday, keeping the university in a state of 'no entry'. Unfortunately, the tense circumstances under which the university was created did not make it to the Senate's agenda. In such a situation, the studies and exams of more than 4000 students will be disrupted for a long time.

On August 13, there was a clash between Congress and Amalanikat students in the men's hostel area of ​​the Faculty of Agriculture campus. Two of the injured had to be taken to Kathmandu for treatment. Due to the injuries of the students of the Navy Union, the organization demanded the expulsion of the culprits from the university and locked down

ing. According to the demand of the union, the police have arrested the students associated with Aneraswaviyu. The organization is dissatisfied with that. In such a background, the police have to guard the university. It is ironic that the police have to provide security in educational institutions. But political parties, university leaders and student organizations and the government have been unable to find its sensitivity and meaning. If they were able, they should have been burned by this situation.

The two student organizations involved in the clash, the Maoist Party Congress and the UML, are jointly running the government. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also the chancellor of the university, is also the president of UML. Education Minister and Vice-Chancellor Vidya Bhattarai also belongs to UML. Congress's Ramesh Writer is the home minister. It is the responsibility of the government to ensure security in the university. For that, the intervention of the Prime Minister, Education Minister and Home Minister is necessary. Congress and UML have not been able to fulfill their role. If the leadership of both parties communicates, there is no difficulty in exiting. But they don't seem to have the willpower. They should clarify the difference - whether to approve the student's defiance or to take concrete steps to end the terror there. The

question is also linked to the character of student organizations. From Tribhuvan University to Agricultural University, it has become common for student organizations to lock down educational institutions and disrupt studies. It was the Navy Sangh that locked down the university for more than 400 days. Other sporadic lockouts have become a regular occurrence in every university. The situation has become such that students studying in university but accustomed to non-academic activities do not even have the creativity left to find an alternative to lockdown.

In fact, student organizations today are becoming accustomed to criminal activities beyond academics. They are adept at beating professors, threatening, burning libraries, running hooligans, etc. The hostels they live in have been transformed into planning centers for markets rather than centers of study and living. The student organization is a threat to the academic environment of the university and the safety of life. Therefore, it is too late for student organizations to insist on proving themselves to be excellent through studies and academic activities. If criminal activities continue to be in the limelight, the usefulness of the organization will end, and the academic atmosphere of the university will die. There is also the question of

parties. What do they want their student body to be? What kind of help do you want from them? If academic and academic support is desired, students should be encouraged to focus only on academic activities. Those involved in non-academic and criminal activities should play a role in bringing them to justice, not be protected. If the strength of the students' arm is sought and efforts are made to fill their organization based on that, then the parties will only get momentary satisfaction for the moment, but in the long run, they must share the negative effects it will create.

It has been proved by various university incidents that the administration alone is not capable of stopping the chaotic activities in the university. So parties should be active for this. They should be responsible. At the same time, police should initiate investigation and legal action against anyone involved in criminal activities. If it is established that the culprits will be punished, such activities will decrease. The biggest self-examination is that every student needs to do it himself - where do the activities he is involved in today, the activities he is doing in his energetic time, lead him?