Photo: MintOsmania University witnessed a complete boycott of classes on Thursday as student groups enforced a bandh in protest against the passage of the Telangana State Private Universities bill in the assembly a day earlier. Both students and faculty members in the varsity are against the setting up of private universities in Telangana. The bill allowing the setting up of private universities in the state was passed on Wednesday. On the same day, the Osmania University Teachers Association (OUTA) held a protest against the bill, in response to a call given by the Telangana State Federation of University Teachers’ Association. Similarly, it will also stop funding public universities in Telangana once private varsities are established,” said B. Satyanarayana, president, OUTA.

Source: Mint March 29, 2018 18:00 UTC