New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Telangana on Friday and ahead of his two-day trip to the state the Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University on Monday said he will not allow Gandhi to meet the students on the University premises.
The University said Rahul Gandhi will not be permitted to conduct a physical interaction with the students on the campus after Telangana High Court asked the Vice Chancellor to take a decision on the matter.
"Our decision not to allow Rahul Gandhi into University premises will be the same. He will not be allowed to conduct any face-to-face interaction with students. The decision taken earlier will be the same," VC Ravinder Yadav said, according to an ANI report.
This comes after a group of students filed a plea in the Telangana High Court seeking permission from the Vice-Chancellor for Rahul Gandhi's event. The couurt directed the university Vice-Chancellor to take a decision on this matter.
"The HC passed an order asking VC to consider the requisition filed by the Congress leaders... The administration has submitted an order from Osmania University stating that there can be a Law and Order problem since NGOS polls scheduled, PG and MBA exams are scheduled. Also, there is a resolution passed by varsity executive counsel in 2021 to not allow any political events inside the premises and that was the reason permission to Rahul Gandhi event was denied," said Advocate Karunakar Reddy, Counsel of Congress leader Manvata Roy.
Earlier on Monday, Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy said that Rahul Gandhi will meet the members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) in the Chanchalguda jail who were detained for staging a protest outside the administration building of Osmania University in Hyderabad.
Notably, the NSUI members protested outside the University seeking permission for Rahul Gandhi's visit to the campus on May 7, following which the police detained them and registered a case for 'obstructing the public servant in conducting their duty'.
10 students who were protesting outside the University campus were taken into custody on Sunday by the local police. According to the statement by the Circle Inspector,m agitators pushed the lady constables and pelted stones to break the glass of the windows to enter the building.
"18 people who were protesting in the administration's building have been taken into custody. When we tried to stop the agitators, they pushed our staff including lady constables. Agitators pelted stones to break the glasses on the window and went inside the building. A case has been registered under obstructing the public servant in conducting their duty," said Ramesh Naik, Circle Inspector.
Congress Rahul Gandhi will visit Telangana for a two-day visit on May 6 and 7.