A monthly stipend of Rs 5,000 to fresh law graduates in line with Kerala and Karnataka was among the charter of demands that Maharashtra Students’ Union representatives made to Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant last week. The minister met the union representatives to discuss students’ grievances.

Siddharth Ingle, president of the Students Union, said, “The meeting was scheduled as the minister could not have a dialogue with the union representatives in Jalgaon two months ago, where he had gone to attend a programme organised by the Jalgaon University for students from Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar, for a face-to-face dialogue. As the minister was running short of time, he agreed to meet us at Mantralaya. He accepted our written memorandum, but could not discuss our demands.”