VIDEO: IUSF protest in Fort
July 23, 2014 05:30 pm
Some 1,000 university students today staged a protest in Fort demanding the authorities to revoke the decision of the university administrations to suspend the studentship of 28 undergraduates.
The students initially staged the protest near the Fort Railway Station and later marched towards the University Grant Commission (UGC) in Ward Place, Colombo 07, creating heavy traffic jams in and around Town-hall and Fort.
Undergraduates from universities island-wide participated in the protest which was organized by the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF).
The students chanted slogans and demanded the UGC to revoke the decision to of the Rajarata University administrations to suspend studentship of undergraduates.
