Bhubaneswar: October 02: Utkal University will seek legal opinion from Advocate General (AG) regarding validity of the candidate after having allegation of criminal antecedents against a presidential candidate. PG council chairman Ranjan Bal said, ‘ A meeting was convened at the PG council office and it was unanimously decided to seek the suggestion of Advocate General regarding the allegation and based on his recommendations we shall proceed further.’.
Notably, yesterday some students locked the main gate demanding arrest of a presidential candidate whose nomination was validated by the authorities despite his ‘criminal antecedents.’ Also, students staged a dharna in front of office of the Vice-Chancellor demanding the arrest of the presidential candidate.
