ABVP Leader Breaks Silence as Student’s Death Sparks Outrage at Shoolini University
A young student is dead. And according to Nancy Atal, state minister of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Himachal Pradesh, the blame lies squarely with those who were supposed to protect him.
In an emotional statement released today, Atal did not hold back. She described the death of a student under suspicious circumstances at Shoolini University in Solan as more than just a tragic incident—calling it a damning indictment of the administration’s repeated failures.
“This didn’t happen overnight,” Atal said. “For months, maybe longer, this student was struggling. Mental pressure. Academic stress. Placement anxieties. He cried out for help. But no one listened. And now a family has lost their child forever.”
The protests that have since erupted on the university campus tell their own story, Atal added. Students are furious—not just about this one death, but about a culture of silence and neglect that they say has been allowed to fester for years.
Atal accused the university administration of willful negligence and a cold, indifferent attitude toward student welfare. “If they had shown even a little sensitivity,” she said, “if they had taken his problems seriously when it mattered—today, a mother wouldn’t be burying her son.”
Worse still, according to Atal, attempts are now being made to bury the truth along with the victim. “That is shameful. And we will not allow it.”
The ABVP has made its stance clear: no cover-up will succeed. The organization is demanding a high-level, independent inquiry into the incident, along with immediate reforms to prioritize student safety and mental health support across all universities.
“We want justice for that student and his family,” Atal said. “And we won’t stop fighting until the guilty are named and punished.”
The ABVP has also issued a warning: if swift justice is not delivered, the protests will spread across the state. “From the streets to the legislative assembly, we will raise this issue,” Atal vowed. “If the government and administration choose to look away, we will force them to look—and to answer.”
