Guwahati, March 17 -- The NEHUTA, NEHUSU, and NEHUNSA have urged Acting Vice Chancellor Nirmalendu Saha to withhold the salaries of VC Prabha Shankar Shukla, the Registrar, and the Deputy Registrar starting from March.

At the same time, the university's three statutory bodies threatened to take two days of earned leave (EL) if the university did not withhold the salaries of the trio. They stated they would use the leave to travel to Delhi for personal matters, work remotely, and return to campus at their discretion.

"We will encourage all NEHUTA and NEHUNSA members to take EL for a few days, travel as they wish, and participate virtually under some pretext without coming to campus, while continuing to receive their salaries indefinitely...