Guwahati, May 23 -- Stakeholders of North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) on Thursday firmly reiterated their demand for the immediate removal of Vice Chancellor Prof. PS Shukla when a two-member delegation from the Ministry of Education visited the campus to review the university's functioning.

The central team, comprising Additional Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal and Director Subrat Kumar Pradhan from the Department of Higher Education, held closed-door meetings with university faculty, students, and non-teaching staff.

The officials did not reveal the outcomes of these discussions but described the engagements as positive.

Barnwal, speaking briefly to reporters, described the meeting as "good" and said he interacted with all Deans and...