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Deadlock may lead to closure of RU again

From Abdul Wadood
RAJSHAH1. Jan 17: Ra-Jshahi University may be closed again if the present deadlock continues, sources on the campus said.
No classes and examinations were held in the last nine days and almost all offices remained closed following strike calls by the Rajshahl University Teachers' Association (RUTA) and the All-Party Student Unity (APSU) dem. ng removal of the VC Pi M Yousuf All. The teacher- nd officers are divided lnt< wo groups. One group suppt ing the VC tried to hold classe but failed.
The sources said the s.lua-tion is worsening day by day as the student organisations are becoming more Involved. Any untoward incident may happen any time that may lead tq closure of the university, they said.
From 1988 to 1994. there were frequent clashes between rival student activists in which at least 15 students were killed and over 1000 Injured, forcing
c losure of the varsity for most of the period, the sources said.
The situation improved after Prof Muhammad Yousuf Ail took over as VC in 1994, the sources said. In 1995, no mentionable untoward incident was recorded. Classes and examinations were held and results published timely and session jam eased considerably, the sources claimed.
But a group of teachers who were defeated oy Prof Yousuf Ali In the VC panel election are trying to disturb him in running the university from the very beginning. they claimed. They launched movement programmes including abstention from taking classes and examinations several times in the past but failed to make any considerable impact, the source said.
"This time, that group of teachers, has again adopted the same trick of making disturbance to create such a situation so that the VC can be removed, compelled to resign." one source said requesting anonymity.
When contacted, Prof Yousuf All said that he was elected by the RU Senate members and appointed by the Chancellor as per rules of the University Act of 1973 and that there was no provision for removing an elected VC.
The demand for my removal is illogical and contradictory to the University Act. Those teachers know it very well that the VC cannot be removed this way but they are launching movement programmes raising the demand only to create anarchy which is causing sufferings to the students.” he
"Those teachers are applying force to prevent other teachers from taking classes. They are also obstructing other normal functionings." He cited an example and said, "on January 8. they forcibly entered my chamber. manhandled me and two other teachers and foiled the scheduled interview for appointment of teachers in the department of Islami History and Culture. Is it a way to realise such a demand? Does It suit the teachers?"