Patna, Faculty members of a women’s college in Patna took out a protest march against what they called the institution’s “forced” affiliation to Mata Sita Women’s University.
The march, taken out from the J D Women’s College and scheduled to conclude at Lok Bhavan, was disrupted midway after police detained several protesters. We want it revoked. Our service conditions should remain intact. Notably, acting within the ambit of the new Act, the Bihar government gave a cabinet approval for the framework of the new Maa Sita Women’s University, under which all women’s colleges in Patna, except those under Patna University, would be clubbed.
“Bihar Special Universities Act 2026 runs counter to our existing service conditions and terms.
We are not against Mata Sita University but want to stay under the purview of the Patliputra University,” Meenu Gupta from the Department of Botany at J D Women’s College told PTI Videos. Gupta said the government should address the lack of basic facilities in the older universities rather than instituting newer varsities, adding there was “no logic to institute a dedicated university for a particular gender because we talk of equality in education”.
