Chaotic situation at Cachar College

Correspondent SILCHAR, Sept 29 – Cachar College is going through a critical phase since the past few days.The four students association including NSUI, AIDSO, Hindi-speaking Students Federation have jointly called a strike in the college. The main reason behind the move is the college election. The college administration had scheduled the election on September 25. About the scheduled date, three students organisations opposed, while ABVP supported the decision.As per information received, the students said that while unit tests are going on, two festivals are coming up this month, Idd and Durga Puja. So, within the short period, how can the students participate in the election, they questioned. The students alleged that the principal was using his autocratic power.Meanwhile, ABVP members said that election should be in scheduled date and time. In this regard this students association demonstrated at the college. The last date for submission of nominations paper was September 18. On that particular day the members of ABVP wanted to submit nomination, but no members from the election cell including Principal Debashis Kar was present. The situation became more tense among the students.As the students association members started shouting, the situation became out of control. Gautam Ganguli, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar rushed to the spot to handle the situation. But his visit was not fruitful. Police was deployed to control the situation. Meanwhile, Gautam Ganguli, directed the principal Debashis Kar to solve the problem immediately. source: assam tribune