The students of Banaras Hindu University, BHU, on Tuesday staged a demonstration in New Delhi, naming the protest as an outburst after years of their sufferings going unheard. The students accused the police of abruptly charging batons without making an announcement. The lathi charge resulted in students getting injured.
An undergraduate student of BHU, Mineshi Mishra, who claims to have been beaten up by the police alleged that gender sensitisation was non-existent on the campus. Carrying bruises on her body, Mishra said that only outsiders felt bizarre to hear BHU vice chancellor’s stereotyped statements, but insiders (students) were used to it, reports the Indian Express.
“He had earlier made statements like – daughters are those who sacrifice their studies for that of their brothers,” Mishra alleged, adding that the VC had looked down upon women studying late nights. “He had also starkly said he knew how and what BA students study and they did not need libraries,” she said.
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