Agartala, Sept 05: Students from Tripura Central University and Maharaja Bir Bikram University staged a protest, blocking national highways and demanding that they be passed in their first-semester exams.
The protest, which began on Wednesday, gained momentum as students from various colleges joined in, demanding that everyone be passed. Students from Maharaja Bir Bikram College and Bir Bikram College, affiliated with Maharaja Bir Bikram University, also joined the protest, blocking the road in front of the university.
The students claimed that nearly 80% of students from these two colleges had failed the first semester. They demanded a clarification on why the results were declared so late and why such a large number of students had failed.
The College Tilla police station reached the spot, but were unable to control the situation. Later, the university authorities held a discussion with the students regarding the matter.
