Ramchandra Purbey. Telegraph picture

Patna, April 23: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) state president Ramchandra Purbey today questioned the expenditure incurred on setting up of Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) and why its students were not provided campus placements.

Thirteen final year students of CNLU have been on a hunger strike to protest against the university’s failure to provide placements to its 80 students.

Purbey criticised the state government’s apathetic and indifferent attitude in tackling the genuine demands of students who have resorted to the Gandhian style of protest.

The party also demanded that the government tell the people of the state the detailed expenditure account of Rs 150 crore spent on the construction of the university, Purvey said while adding that faculty members, most of them are local ones, have been appointed in an arbitrary manner and that too without permanent registrar.

“Our party’s delegation will meet governor to apprise him of about the ills plaguing the university and also about the students’ plight. We will seek an appointment with the governor to urge him to remove the anomalies prevalent at the university,” Purvey told reporters.

Students with whom a delegation led by Purbey met on April 22 on the campus, who invested around Rs 10 lakh which they got through education loan are finding themselves as “cheated” by the Nitish government who touted the university as centre of excellence in the field of law, the party president said.

The university, which once Nitish termed as his one of his dream projects, has been a complete failure in providing campus placement to the students, he said, adding that the chief minister should take note of their plight and make arrangements for placement.

The institute’s name, Chanakya National Law University, sounds good but unfortunately it has failed to match up to its name as it is neither nowhere near to Chanakya nor of national character nor university rather it is worse than a college, the former minister said, before adding that the government was more serious in the construction of building instead of providing quality faculty and placements due to which an institute gains the status of centre of excellence.

The party also paid floral tributes to Veer Kuer Singh, the famous warrior of Sepoy Mutiny, who led the battle against the Britishers and also remembered the great son’s contributions in uniting the people of north India during a seminar to mark victory celebrations day, Purbey said.