Police action against SFI: Pinarayi urges Mallikarjun Kharge to restrain Congress-led Keralam govt from ‘pandering to Sangh Parivar’
Opposition Leader says was no provocation for police to resort to ‘violent lathicharge’ on students, who were peacefully protesting against full rendition of Vande Mataram in front of university building
Kerala's opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has formally protested the violent police response to Students Federation of India (SFI) activists demonstrating at the University of Kerala. Vijayan accused the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government of appeasing the Sangh Parivar, the ruling political coalition in India.
The police's use of lathicharge against peacefully protesting students, particularly women, was in direct violation of the law, Vijayan asserted. The Congress party, while opposing national police measures against student protests, has been handling such situations in Kerala "in a fascist manner," Vijayan claimed. The Congress president, Mallikarjun Kharge, was urged to intervene and prevent the Kerala government from succumbing to Sangh Parivar's influence and imposing oppressive policies on students, Vijayan warned.
The UDF government has surrendered its authority over state-run universities to the Governor, allowing the Centre and Sangh Parivar to exert control, according to Vijayan.
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