In a post on Twitter, Munde said, “It is unfortunate that students preparing to enter the administration are themselves on the streets, agitating against the government for jobs”.
The expedition was introduced by Umesh Zirpe, a Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee and leader of Giripremi’s Pune Everest 2012 expedition who has also led six successful expeditions to eight thousander mountains (peaks higher than 8,000 meters) in the Himalayas.
Shruti Shrikhande, a student of ILS Law College, has emerged topper among the girls while Kiran Deepak Raut, a second-year MSc Geography student at SP College, has stood fourth across India.
On the need for building up trust in the minds of Kashmiri students, Sharma said, “If a Kashmiri student faces any problem, he/she should feel free to contact the police...”
It will kick off with Maunraag — a theatrical rendition of playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar’s autobiographical works. The festival, this year, has a mixed bag of artistic elements — from theatre, stand-up comedy to mushaira and ghazals.
In the past, a section of the Muslim community had called the subsidy, worth almost Rs 700 crore every year, a ‘blot’, as the Quran states that members of the community should perform Haj only if they can afford to do so.
