Hyderabad: SC and ST teachers’ forum of University of Hyderabad on Wednesday announced that the forum would go on hunger strike from Thursday demanding the resignation of vice-chancellor Prof. Appa Rao.
Forum leaders professors V. Krishna, K. Laxminarayana, Sripathi Ramudu and others told the media that they have given a notice in this regard to the registrar of the university.
They demanded that the interim V-C Vipin Srivatsava would also be removed. “He faced allegations during the death of a Dalit student Senthil Kumar in 2008 and he was one of the members in the committee which recommended the suspension of five students including Rohith Vemula.
Now, a judicial inquiry will be taken up and the V-C or interim V-C are the authorities from the UoH who have to give an explanation,” they said. Sripathi Ramudu told DC that they would decide whether to go on relay hunger strike or indefinite hunger strike by Thursday morning.
“We demand the resignation of V-C and interim V-C in order to resume academic and administration activities,” he said.
