After the vandalism of the revolutionaries and obstruction to the officials continued, the University administration has written a letter to the district administration office, Kathmandu, demanding security.
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In Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, the Navy Sangh has been doing 'hooliganism' for a long time, now Akhil Revolutionaries have also started vandalism and obstruction. Ever since Deepak Aryal became the vice-chancellor, the fraternal organization of the Maoists has gone into all-revolutionary 'gangland'.
After the vandalism of the revolutionaries and obstruction to the officials continued, the University administration has written a letter to the district administration office Kathmandu and demanded security.
The revolutionaries have blocked Vice Chancellor Aryal, Rector Khadg KC and Registrar Kedar Rizal outside the office. The revolutionaries vandalized and damaged the rector and registrar offices on Monday. The revolutionaries have been protesting at the Vice Chancellor's office for the past 20 days, demanding a reduction in the fees of the 4 departments that have been adjusted to the central department.
Vice-Chancellor Aryal has stopped coming to the office after protesting at the office door. On Monday, there was a clash between the students and the police who returned from vandalism. Central President Vijay Prakash Sapkota said that revolutionary district in-charge Mamta Joshi and Sushil Nepali were injured during that.
Although the police arrested the person involved in the vandalism, he left on Monday evening. The revolutionary, who himself engaged in vandalism, issued a statement and claimed that the peaceful movement was suppressed. President Sapkota accused the police of being mobilized without taking initiative to fulfill the demand through dialogue.
The revolutionary has demanded that the fees of the Central Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Conflict-Peace and Development Studies, Sociology and Gender should be adjusted. Although these subjects are conducted as independent programs, the department was formed last year. Even though the university formed a committee under the coordination of Pashupati Adhikari, the head of the student welfare directorate, to negotiate with the revolutionaries, no agreement was reached. Shivraj Bhatt, acting president of Krantikari Trivika, claimed that the students did not vandalize.
Although there was a sit-in at the Vice-Chancellor's office, the Rector's and Registrar's offices were vandalized. Experts say that despite showing educational demands, revolutionaries internally want a share in office bearers. Interest groups have been pressuring a Maoist to get one of the posts of rector and registrar. Organizations close to the party, including revolutionaries, have increased the pressure by claiming the soon-to-be-vacated controller of examinations, dean of law faculty, head of school welfare, monitoring and international directorate.
In June, after being banned by the revolutionary university committee, except the vice-chancellor, the rector, registrar, service commission chairman and members were not able to go to the working room for about one and a half months. On 25th of June, they went into lockdown even before Vice Chancellor Aryal was appointed. Even though the lock was opened by the order of the Supreme Court, the entrance to the university was blocked.
The partial professors' union and the revolutionaries had locked down saying that they were going to hire professors, associate professors and deputy professors on the fast track. The revolutionaries opened the lock and obstructed the officials by asking them to fulfill the same demand. The staff say that even after the negotiations, the obstruction was opened, and the vice-chancellor was obstructed by putting forward another demand.
The coordinator of the negotiation committee said that they have been trying to reach an agreement since Friday but have not been successful. "Since Friday, we have been sitting in the 3/4 stage of the talks, we have not been able to reach an agreement, after the incident of vandalism, the atmosphere has become more disturbed," he said. After continuous vandalism, lockdown and obstruction, Trivi has repeatedly requested the government to arrange security arrangements.
District Administration Office Kathmandu has also been requested to make security arrangements by correspondence, an official said. Despite requests to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Home Minister Ramesh Akhtar and Education Minister Raghuji Pant for security, such incidents have not been stopped. Earlier, Navy Sangh activists also vandalized the Vice Chancellor's office.
