FORCED CLOSURE OF UNIVERSITIES TO END WITH PM BHATTARAI'S INITIATIVE

FORCED CLOSURE OF UNIVERSITIES TO BE LIFTED
Kathmandu, 13 Sot.: Professors close with NC and Maoists decided to end closure of six,. among seven universities following talks with Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Tuesday.
Professors had padlocked seven universities for more than one month protesting what was called unilateral appoints of vice-chancellors by the previous government of Jhalanath Khanal.
Parties were demanding appointments of their candidates leaving vacancies for a long period.
Maoists, who were in the Khanal government, charged they were not consulted in appointments and went on immediate protests.
Sanskrit University wasn’t involved in Tuesday’s agreement.
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