Hyderabad: The Osmania University has issued a circular prohibiting agitations, dharnas, and demonstrations on its campus, citing disruptions to academic and administrative activities.
Under the new directive at Osmania University, students and outsiders are prohibited from entering university buildings without proper authorization.
Additionally, they are not allowed to hold protests or demonstrations, raise disruptive slogans, obstruct officials from performing their duties, or use abusive language against authorities or staff.
An official order, issued to department heads, administrative officers, and college principals, states: “Osmania University is a highly reputed educational institution meant for facilitating Learning in a conducive and peaceful environment. In recent times, it is observed that there are several incidents of students/student groups entering the Departments/ Colleges Centres Administrative Building, Osmania University and staging demonstrations and dharnas, resulting in disruption of the administrative work and giving a wrong perception of the University to the Society.”
However, the administration stated that students with genuine grievances should first approach institutional officials before escalating matters to higher authorities with prior permission.
The university’s move comes after repeated instances of protests in recent times.
BRS slams move
However, the decision has been met with strong criticism from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), with working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) condemning the Telangana Congress government’s decision as “an attack on democracy.”
KTR questioned the Congress’s commitment to democratic principles, pointing out that the party had promised to uphold the right to protest during its election campaign.
He accused the Congress of betraying this promise by imposing restrictions on student protests, likening their actions to those of the BJP in suppressing dissent.
Osmania University has historically been a hub for student activism, playing a pivotal role in the Telangana movement.
Recent protests have also focused on issues such as substandard hostel food, with students finding foreign objects like razor blades and worms in their meals
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