Students protest at DU's north campus to demand resumption of offline classes

NEW DELHI: Various student organisations held protests at the Delhi University's (DU) North Campus on Tuesday amid heavy police presence to demand the resumption of offline classes. Day-long protests had also been organised outside the University of Delhi vice-chancellor's office on Monday over the same issue.

In the evening, the police had removed the protesters. On Tuesday, the protesters belonging to various student bodies like the Students' Federation of India (SFI), All India Students' Association among others, demanded the reopening of the campus and also protested against the alleged ''manhandling'' of protesters by police on Monday. Police had earlier dismissed these allegations. In South Campus, RSS-affiliate Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held a protest to demand the resumption of offline teaching. On Wednesday, the organisation will protest outside the Academic Council meeting to press their demand for the resumption of offline teaching.

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The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has allowed the reopening of higher educational institutions, coaching centres, and schools for Classes 9-12. The vice-chancellor of Delhi University, Yogesh Singh had said that the DU campus reopen in a few days and they will formulate a strategy in this regard. "If the DDMA allows 100 per cent seating capacity, we will definitely reopen the campus. But we will give a few days time to our students, say 10 days, for returning to campus since a majority of students are from other states. We will formulate our own strategy," he said.