Patna, April 9 -- At the oath-taking ceremony after the Patna University students' union (PUSU), the newly-elected general secretary Saloni Raj created a flutter by refusing to take oath on the issue of reopening of boys' hostels for the students.

"I boycott the oath, as the hostels have still not been allowed to the students. My victory is not my victory alone. It is a victory of my brothers who supported me. Even for the PUSU polls, there was agitation and one of the demands was that anllotment of hostels was important. I will not take oath till the hostels are opened," she said from the dais, as the students cheered her.

The hostels in the PU have remained closed since November after unrest and they have not been allowed afresh, even...