New Delhi: Former Delhi University Teachers Association President Aditya Narayan Mishra approached the Supreme Court against the University Grants Commission order on scrapping the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme. The court refused to take up the case and directed the Delhi High Court to take up the matter. It is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday.
The DU teachers who are in favour of the FYUP also held a hunger strike on Tuesday. They allege political interference in the issue and say that the Human Resource Development Ministry and the University Grants Commission are responsible for the mess.
"It is all a conspiracy. They want students to leave for private universities, 4500 teaching posts are still vacant, the hiring processes is still on. We are protesting against it. Surendra Kumar was attacked yesterday during a TV show by ABVP and NSUI goons, no one has been arrested yet," Mishra said.
"The HRD and UGC are responsible for everything, who are they who want to run the university? The university does not run from political party offices. We are sitting on a hunger strike," he added.
Meanwhile, HRD Minister Smriti Irani has refused to comment on the row. But the conflict has hit the admissions process, which will not start on Tuesday.
BTech students who were protesting outside the UGC office have called off their protests after getting assurances from them about their course.
For other students, DU Principals Association President SK Garg said that the admission process may take a couple of days or even a week more to begin. "Students under the FYUP course will be reorganised, they can be converted. Whenever reforms happen, the time is short," Garg said.
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