The students were awaiting results for papers they had given for rechecking last December.u00a0The activists from the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS), who had taken up the issue after students approached them, complaining that they had been asked to reappear for the same papers they had given for rechecking, though the results were yet to be declared, have demanded the UoP to exhibit transparency and change the rules for exams conducted across all its departments.

Last month, the UoP, considering complaints it received from the activists, deployed about extra 150 people to correct answer sheets of the students who had requested revaluation.u00a0On May 16, revaluation results were declared for 18,000 first-year engineering students, while the results of remaining 42,000 second-year students were declared last week.