SHILLONG — The hunger strike by students of North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), the northeast’s oldest Central varsity here, entered its 13th day on Sunday as the agitating students stood firm on their demand to remove “incompetent” and “illegally” appointed officials. The students are demanding the removal of Vice Chancellor Prabha Shankar Shukla and four other top officials, including Registrar Col Omkar Singh (Retd) and Deputy Registrar Amit Gupta. Also read: NESO writes to Union Education minister demanding sacking of NEHU VC After the VC went on leave till November 29, the acting VC Prof Nirmalendu Saha, has urged the striking students to withdraw their indefinite hunger strike, which has been spearheaded by the North Eastern Hill University Students Union (NEHUSU) since November 5. The influential Mawlai Town Dorbar (MTD), a traditional societal body under which the NEHU campus falls, has declared that VC Shukla would not be allowed to re-enter the university campus. After meeting the agitating students at the NEHU campus, MTD President Herlambok War said that VC Shukla must be removed from his position at all costs. “We do not want the Vice Chancellor to come to NEHU campus after his leave is over. We want to avoid...