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Demanding to supply admittance for students astatine Salem Government Arts and Science College, parents and students are staging a sit-in protestation connected the assemblage premises connected Thursday evening (June 11, 2026).
At the Government Arts College successful Kumarasamipatti, the 2nd counselling for the admissions was held connected Thursday and implicit 700 students, with their parents, visited the college. In the evening, the assemblage medication announced that the seats were filled and the students volition beryllium called again successful July. Irked by this, much than 100 students with their parents are staging a sit-in protest, which was continuing station 9 p.m. The constabulary and assemblage medication proceed to clasp talks with the parents and students.
College professors said that this year, 1.31 lakh students applied for 1,702 seats successful the college. For the 2nd counselling connected Thursday, astir 800 students were invited, including those from BC, BC (M), MBC, SC, and ST. The seats for MBC, SC, and ST were filled. As the BC and BC (M) seats were not filled, we asked the parents and students to travel again successful July, and these seats volition beryllium filled successful conversion. But demanding to capable the seats immediately, the parents and students are staging a protest, they added.
