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| 'We want our Tricolour back,' students to central team at NIT Srinagar | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 6: In a packed hall at the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar, a student representative today told visiting officials from the HRD Ministry that they want to be evacuated and want action against policemen who lathicharged student protesters late Tuesday evening.
"And we want our national flag back from the police," he said amid loud cheers from fellow students, video footage of the meeting shows.
On Tuesday, non Kashmiri students clashed with the police at the institute's gate when they were prevented from leaving the campus. The police used batons and several students were injured. The police have alleged that the students attacked cops with stones.
The students allege the police attacked them during a silent march and that they confiscated the National Flag from them.
Today, they demanded that the police should withdraw the allegation that students threw stones at them, which they say is white lie. They have also objected to the police action being called "a mild lathicharge" by a state Minister, alleging that several injured students have undergone surgery.
The students have demanded that exams scheduled from Monday be postponed to allow them to go home. "Let us first go home and then we'll go to any other place you send us," said the student leader to officials today.
HRD Minister Smriti Irani has assured students that examinations will be conducted in a "secure environment" at the institute and that she will ensure no injustice is done to them.
"Some students want to go home, we have made the required arrangements," the Minister said.
The NIT campus has been tense since last week, when local students and those from other parts of the country clashed after the former burst crackers when India lost to the West Indies in the World T20 semi-final.
The non-local students have since demanded that the national flag be permanently unfurled at the institute.
The police say they asked the students not to fly the National Flag as it causes strong reactions in Jammu and Kashmir, which has its own flag that is used for official functions.
In the past the state government has stopped even political parties from flying the national flag to avoid law and order problems. |
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