India, Nov. 10 -- Growing discontent has erupted within Meghalaya's North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) after the administration announced plans to hold the 193rd Executive Council (EC) meeting in New Delhi on November 14 under Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. P.S. Shukla's chairmanship.

The North-Eastern Hill University Teachers' Association (NEHUTA) and several student groups strongly objected to the decision and demanded that authorities hold the meeting on the Shillong campus in compliance with Ministry of Education (MoE) directives.

In a formal appeal to EC members, NEHUTA described the Delhi meeting as "illegitimate and financially imprudent", urging them to boycott it.

The association stated that holding the EC meeting outside Shillo...