NU top brass skip, protest mars Gadkari event
Sarfaraz Ahmed | TNN | Mar 3, 2019, 04:14 IST
Nagpur: Around 50 Nationalist Youth Congress (NYC) and National Students Union of India (NSUI) men were rounded up by cops after they attempted to enter the Guru Nanak Bhavan where Union minister Nitin Gadkari was chief guest for the Nagpur University (NU) Post graduate Hindi department’s conference on Smart City.
Vice chancellor SP Kane, Pro-VC Pramod Yeole and acting registrar Neerja Khaty skipped the event following weeklong outcry by the student activists over “saffronization of the university”. NYC’s Shailendra Tiwari and NSUI’s Ajith Singh were detained along with their supporters till the event was over.
Gadkari, who arrived over two hours late, lamented about lack of research at the NU thrice in his 15-minute ‘keynote address’ on ‘Redefining environmental governance for smart city’.
The Union transport minister linked the BJP governments initiatives in low cost homes, eco-friendly transport and water supply to the topic during his address.
“The Smart City concept is connected to health services, education, transport system, ecology and environment of the particular region,” said Gadkari.
Starting with projects undertaken in transport system, the city MP boasted how Nagpur achieved several firsts in the country to promote clean energy by using bio-fuels. “I expect research from the university. But unfortunately, I have more research than the university. I feel bad. In this region under university, we have 75% forest where non-edible oil seeds are available,” he said.
“I am constantly pursuing the university bio-technology department to increase the productivity of non-edible seeds like jatropha,” he said.
He counted the works in waste recycling, 24x7 water supply, education and municipal corporation. Earlier, when Gadkari hadn’t arrived for the event since ling, it was speculated that he had skip the event. Organizers claimed that over 1000 had registered for the event but those present were mostly Manch members and teachers from affiliated college/departments. A day before, the protesters had tonsured their heads to oppose what they called was ‘political rally’.
Vice chancellor SP Kane, Pro-VC Pramod Yeole and acting registrar Neerja Khaty skipped the event following weeklong outcry by the student activists over “saffronization of the university”. NYC’s Shailendra Tiwari and NSUI’s Ajith Singh were detained along with their supporters till the event was over.
Gadkari, who arrived over two hours late, lamented about lack of research at the NU thrice in his 15-minute ‘keynote address’ on ‘Redefining environmental governance for smart city’.
The Union transport minister linked the BJP governments initiatives in low cost homes, eco-friendly transport and water supply to the topic during his address.
“The Smart City concept is connected to health services, education, transport system, ecology and environment of the particular region,” said Gadkari.
Starting with projects undertaken in transport system, the city MP boasted how Nagpur achieved several firsts in the country to promote clean energy by using bio-fuels. “I expect research from the university. But unfortunately, I have more research than the university. I feel bad. In this region under university, we have 75% forest where non-edible oil seeds are available,” he said.
“I am constantly pursuing the university bio-technology department to increase the productivity of non-edible seeds like jatropha,” he said.
He counted the works in waste recycling, 24x7 water supply, education and municipal corporation. Earlier, when Gadkari hadn’t arrived for the event since ling, it was speculated that he had skip the event. Organizers claimed that over 1000 had registered for the event but those present were mostly Manch members and teachers from affiliated college/departments. A day before, the protesters had tonsured their heads to oppose what they called was ‘political rally’.
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