Shopian students, teachers protest ‘unlawful entity’ tag on educational institution
SRINAGAR, May 7 (PTI): The students and teachers of an educational institution in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday staged a protest march against the government’s decision to declare it an unlawful entity under the UAPA, officials said.
Students and teachers of Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom took out the march from the institute to the office of the Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate, carrying placards that read “save our future” and “open our school”, and raising slogans such as “education is our fundamental right”, they said.
The march remained peaceful, and the protestors demanded that the government revoke the notification declaring the institute an unlawful entity.
