Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's scheduled visit to Telangana on May 6 and 7 has been caught in a controversy with the Osmania University administration denying Gandhi's proposed meeting with the students on campus. State Congress leaders have planned to conduct a meeting between Rahul Gandhi and OU students on the following day. But the OU administration has taken a stand not to permit the meeting on the campus.
Talking about the meeting, Congress state affairs in-charge Manikkam Tagore said that there is no clarity on Rahul Gandhi meeting Osmania University students for now. Earlier, Congress leaders met Osmania University Vice-Chancellor who declined to give permission. Now, the party is planning to move High Court to request permission to meet students.
Tagore added that the leaders have discussed chances to conduct a meeting of Rahul Gandhi with the unemployed youth and farmers. The programs should be scheduled under the rules and regulations of the Z+ Category.
The meeting was attended by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President Revanth reddy, working president Mahesh Kumar Goud, campaigning committee chairman Madhu Yahki, All India Congress Committee Incharge Secretaries Bosu Raju and Srinivasa Krishnan.
Earlier, OU Vice-Chancellor D Ravinder Yadav did not officially reject the permission, the administration has been maintaining that permitting political events on campus could disturb law and order. The administration fears that there will be clashes between student groups on that day more importantly when the OU NGO body elections are scheduled on the same day, that is May 7. The student groups supporting Congress have sought High Court intervention over the matter.