Jana Jagarana Samithi convener Vasu told this correspondent that he, along with a few volunteers, approached the chief warden, Prof Yugandar, and asked him to send the Bangladesh students out. While more volunteers were gathering, the Three Town Police rushed to the campus and dispersed the volunteers. The police instructed them to stage the dharna at the Gandhi statue at RTC Complex, rather than on the campus.
There are about 100 students from Bangladesh, including 60 Muslim minorities and 30 women, said the Dean of International Students Affairs and Registrar of Andhra University, Prof E Dhanunjay Rao.
Prof Rao stated that he would enhance security at all six international hostels with AU security personnel and had requested the commissioner of police to deploy additional staff.
Union minister for state to form trust
KAKINADA: The Union minister of state for heavy industries and steel, Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, announced that he would form a trust in the name of his late father, Suryanarayana Raju, to undertake service activities for the people of the Narsapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Speaking at a meeting, Srinivasa Varma said that he began his political career as a worker of the BJP and now holds the Union Minister's post with the encouragement of his father. He explained that he came from a family of freedom fighters and had been politically motivated from childhood.
He added that he would spend one day in each assembly constituency to work for the party cadres and coordinate with alliance parties. He also mentioned that the cadres could meet him directly if they required assistance. Furthermore, he stated that he would establish dialysis centres in every assembly constituency within his parliamentary constituency using central funds.