"We question govt push towards privatization"

“Due to my family's financial problems, I couldn't pursue engineering.

- NT Correspondent

That's why I came to the Government Arts College. But now, if they make this college a constituent college and increase the fees, where should I go?”, asked Bommalinga, a third-year B.A. student, at a strong protest held by the All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) at Freedom Park on Friday.

The protest was organised in response to the Karnataka government's move to convert Government Ramnarayan Chellaram College and Government Arts College - two major institutions located in the heart of Bengaluru, into constituent colleges of Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University.