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Protest against move to shift varsity

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UP IN ARMS: Members of the SFI and DYFI staging a protest in front of the Collectorate on Tuesday

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Students Federation of India and the Democratic Youth Federation of India held a demonstration in the city on Tuesday in protest against the Central University sanctioned to Visakhapatnam being shifted to Kadapa.

The SFI and DYFI activists gathered at the Jagadamba junction in the morning and tried to burn an effigy of the Chief Minister. Their first attempt was foiled by the police who took away the effigy but another effigy was brought and was burnt.

Later the protesters marched to the Collectorate raising slogans against the shifting of Central University and staged a sit-in in front of the Collectorate. SFI district secretary Y. Appalanarasayya and DYFI city secretary Y. Lakshman criticised the Government’s decision on the plea that the land to an extent of 700 acres required for the university was not available here and demanded that the report sent from here on the unavailability of land be made public.

The Central University would help in the development of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts and should be established here as there were many heavy industries in the city, the SFI and DYFI said.

They also criticised Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy for shifting the Central University to his native district and such moves would only flare up regional sentiment, the two organisations said demanding that the Government establish the university in Visakhapatnam as decided earlier.

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