CM, guv face protest during convocation

HISAR: Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and governor Kaptan Singh Solanki had to face protest here on Sunday during convocation ceremony of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University (CCSHAU) after a group of students raised slogans demanding government job.
As soon as the programme started at the university's auditorium, a group of students first raised slogans and then walked out of the event.The protesters tossed their degree certificates in the air, shouting sarkari naukri do, ya degree wapas lo' (give government jobs or take back the degrees). They said that they would burn their degrees if the government failed to provide them jobs.
Talking to TOI, one of the protesters Aman Mor said, "We are BTech (agriculture) students. We have decided to boycott the convocation as there is no scope of jobs for us. We had earlier staged a sit-in and even went on hunger strike in the university demanding jobs, but the government did not listen to us. So we decided to protest during the convocation ceremony."
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who was present at the function, tried to pacify the protesters, saying that the BJP government in Haryana would provide jobs to all soon. Baba Ramdev and chief minister Manoharlal Khattar were conferred upon honorary doctorates during the ceremony.
Governor of Haryana and university chancellor Kaptan Singh Solanki and vice-chancellor K S Khokhar conferred degrees to 460 students. In additon, 32 students were awarded gold medals for their academic and research excellence.
Addressing the gathering, Baba Ramdev said, "I have provided jobs to more than 1 lakh youths and I am sure that I will be able to give 10 lakh jobs in the agriculture field in the next 10 years."
Khattar said that he was happy to know that HAU would help him fulfill his dream. "I am sure that the scientists of HAU will make my dream come true when every farmer will be earning Rs 1 lakh from one acre land."