However, they said, the demand was rejected by the HRD officials who made it clear to them that it can’t be done.
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The home minister was briefed about the internal security situation in the country and steps taken to reduce tension in NIT Srinagar, official sources said.
The students were said to be participating in protests against celebrations by Kashmiri students following India’s defeat in the T20 semi-finals on March 30.”HRD officials are in the campus and they have spoke to over 500 students”, she said. The issues will be discussed in the meeting of the Board of Governors on April 11 and time-bound action will be taken under the supervision of the Board.
Mir said the students had raised those demands with Jammu and Kashmir’s Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh as well. “Force is being used against them and they want to leave the campus as soon as possible because they are not safe there”, Mahesh Chand Sharma, whose son is studying in the NIT Srinagar said today.
“The marchers insisted they wanted to move to the Valley to hoist the national flag inside the NIT in Srinagar”.
Led by Tejinder Pal Singh Bagga of Bhagat Singh Kranti Dal, the youths returned to New Delhi from Lakhanpur after police did not allow them to proceed towards the state. Asked about the number of students who have gone home, the students said so far 15 students have gone home.
The outstation students continue to hold peaceful protest demonstrations by waking up all night on the campus. “He went back by an IndiGo flight”, a police officer said.
In a series of tweets he alleged that the police have detained him at the airport but he has asked them for the official orders. The notification issued by the institute added, “There was a demand that NIT be shifted from Srinagar”.
Mirwaiz appealed Kashmiri businessmen to invest in education sector also so that flow of Kashmiri students to various colleges outside JK is lessened.
Following these threats, the girls from NIT Srinagr came out bravely hoisting the tricolor and sent out a powerfull message to the world that they are “Not Afraid”.
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Shopian’s Senior Superintendent of Police Shailendra Mishra had some advice for NIT’s students who have been very critical of the police in the state.
