XI LOK SABHA DEBATES,   Session IV (Budget) 

Monday , February 24, 1997 / Phalguna  5, 1918 (Saka)



Type of Debate: SPECIAL MENTION

Title: Threat of the widespread agitation by NSUI in view of killing of 
students by UP Police at BHU in Uttar Pradesh.

TEXT :


SHRI P.R. DASMUNSI (HOWRAH): Sir, thank you very much for allowing me to  make
my  submission.  I  would  not  dwell at length on this issue - this issue has
already been raised many times by respected Shri Vajpayee ji  and  other  hon.
Members - of UP police firing in the BHU campus.

	I  would  like  to convey to you and through you, I would like to draw
the attention of the Government as well - I hope,  Shri  Ram  Vilas  Ji  would
bring  it  to  the  notice  of  the  hon. Home Minister - to the fact that the
situation in the Benaras city after the police firing inside  the  BHU  campus
has not only alarmed the students of the Benaras Hindu University but also has
alarmed the students of the Northern India as a whole. Therefore, I would like
to convey the decision of the National Students Union of India which they have
conveyed to me for conveying it to the House. They said that unless a judicial
enquiry  into  the  police  firing is conducted immediately by the Ministry of
Home Affairs; unless the students who have been harassed by the Superintendent
of Police  are  released  immediately;  unless  a  sum  of  Rs.  two  lakh  as
compensation  is  paid  to the victims who have lost their lives in the police
firing; unless the Superintendent of Police and the ADM of  Benaras  city  are
transferred  immediately  and unless the Advisor of the Governor goes there to
restore normalcy, it would create  fire  among  the  students  of  the  entire
Northern  India.  The  situation  is  so grave that the police firing incident
inside the BHU campus  would  carry  a  message  to  the  students  community,
including  those  of  Delhi,  and  it  would then be impossible to prevent the
students movement.

	Therefore, I would like to urge upon  the  Government  to  respond  to
these  demands  -  immediate  institution  of  a  judicial  enquiry; immediate
transfer of the SP and the ADM of  Benaras  city;  immediate  release  of  the
students;  release  of  compensation  etc.  - and to take all steps to restore
normal situation.

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER : Please conclude now.

SHRI P.R. DASMUNSI (HOWRAH): Otherwise, I am told that  the  situation  is  so
alarming  that  tomorrow  or  the  day  after  - if the Government do not come
forward with a decision - similar things would happen in Delhi University  and
all  other places in Northern India in support of the demands so made. That is
what I wanted to convey.

	Thank you.




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