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Students’ indefinite hunger strike in NEHU; students fall sick, taken to hospital

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Shillong, Nov 7: Three students of the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) were admitted to Shillong civil hospital on Thursday after becoming weak following their participation in the ongoing indefinite hunger strike protest against the failure of the Vice Chancellor to terminate the services of the university’s Registrar and Deputy Registrar.

These include general secretary of the North Eastern Hill University Students’ Union (NEHUSU) Toniho Kharsati and organizing secretary of the KSU NEHU Unit Aiboklang Nongsteng. Earlier, a female student was also taken to the hospital.

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The leaders have maintained that they will join back the protest once they are discharged from the hospital.

Many students are taking part in the indefinite hunger strike organized by the NEHUSU and backed by the KSU-NEHU Unit for almost 72 hours.

They have also announced a total lockdown of the university as a mark of protest against the failure to remove the Registrar, Deputy Registrar (Academics) alleging that their appointments were “illegal”.

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