Varanasi, Feb 19: The Congress General Secretary and
MP Rahul Gandhi has assured the Institute of Technology-
Banaras Hindu University students that their demand of IIT
status for IT-BHU will be fulfilled very soon.
The students of the Institute who returned here after
meeting him at New Delhi on Wednesday told media that Gandhi
heard them patiently and assured that he will try his best to
get the bill granting IIT status to the Institute placed
before the parliament in the present session itself, however
he added that it was a little too late this time.
Gaurav, a student who met Gandhi claimed that he was
already aware of the issue and promised to get the bill
through the parliament or get the status through even a
government notification if the passage of the bill was not
possible in the present brief session.
Chetan, another student of the delegation said, "We have
met several top bureaucrats, ministers and politicians at New
Delhi to achieve our goal and we are hopeful that now the
issue could not be at least shelved."
The students and teachers who visited the capital said
that the IIT amendment Act is pending in the Law Ministry for
certain clarifications and as soon as it gets law ministry's
clearance it may get the government's final nod.
Meanwhile the Director of the IT-BHU, Prof S N Upadhyay
said that the delay in granting IIT status to the Institute is
making the students restless.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 00:00