TISS to back Mumbai University’s fight against 11pm regulation

Mumbai: Thousands of students from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) will start a signature campaign against the Mumbai University (MU) vice-chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh’s decision of not allowing women students residing in the campus to enter the proposed 24-hour library post 11 pm.

The students from TISS have decided to run a campaign wherein signatures would be taken from TISS students and would be submitted to the concerned authorities of the state and central government. The signature campaign states that MU’s decision is discriminatory and should not be practised.

“We are soon going to start the signature campaign. We are yet to finalise on the message of the campaign. But we are firm on supporting the girl students protesting against the decision of not allowing girl students to not enter the library in the night,” said, Rahul Advani, head of the college’s student union.

The Asian Age had reported on Sunday that female students have launched a protest against MU vice-chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh’s decision. Students from the campus along with members of the student union had protested against the decision and started a hunger strike.

However, later the MU came out with a solution that women students would be allowed to borrow books from library and read them inside the hostel.

But the many students did not agree with the solution. However several students unions have reportedly stopped protesting citing that the solution was appropriate.

The MU has also contended that a committee would be formed comprising of parents and teachers to decide on whether the decision of not allowing women students in 24x7 library should be rolled back.