Hyderabad: Despite the cutting off of electricity, lack of speakers and stage, the public meeting at Osmania University took place in front of the Arts College on Friday evening in the dark, where in thousands of employees, students and political parties participated.
The university, recently a hotbed for the struggle for statehood, is now the venue for representatives of various student associations to vent their anger at the current government for its dealing with the TSRTC strike and for not being able to create enough jobs for the student community as promised.
The student leaders have said that the meeting was not about any political party, It's about employees’ and students’ issues, and regarding unemployment.
“This is killing of democracy and a dictatorial rule started,” said a student. Speakers at the meeting demanded the merging of TSRTC into the government and the creation of employment opportunities for the students.
About 100 policemen were also deployed as a security measure.
The Osmania University police station officials said that they would take action against the event organisers and were seeking legal opinion on the matter.
“We have taken about 14 students belonging to the TRS student wing who were trying to obstruct the meeting into preventive custody to avoid any untoward incident.”
Earlier, when student leaders approached university authorities to granting permission for the meeting, the varsity refused stating that it would not allow any political meeting in academic space.
The students went ahead with the meeting in the firm belief that what they were doing is both democratic and important.
