A scuffle broke out between
the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) students and police in presence
of Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and MoS
Finance Anurag Thakur in Shimla on November 29. The students said that they
wanted to discuss issues concerning the university with the ministers but they
did not pay heed to their voices. Ankit Chandel, an ABVP student leader said
that the budget allocated for the university last year was Rs 15 crore and 5
crore is yet to be sanctioned by the HRD ministry. “HRD Minister did not give
us a minute. We are disappointed with the Police and the Minister,” Chandel
said. On Friday, Pokhriyal, Anurag Thakur, Chief Minister Jairam Thakur and
state Governor Bandaru Dattatreya were present at the 25th convocation ceremony
of Himachal Pradesh University.
