Sanskrit University suspension row: Govindan backs stir, says it should go on till suspended students write exams
Sixteen students were suspended after a Students’ Federation of India-led protest during a syndicate meeting on August 13 over a lack of adequate campus facilities
Kochi CPI(M) state secretary M.V. Govindan voiced support for the protest by students at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in Kalady, Kerala, demanding that the suspended students be permitted to take their examinations. Sixteen students were suspended in August after a Students’ Federation of India-led protest over inadequate campus facilities, which included a mock funeral for Vice-Chancellor Ciza Thomas and allegations of damaging university property.
The Kerala High Court initially allowed the students to sit for the exams, but a division bench later stayed the order. The students have now sought Supreme Court intervention, which has directed the university to decide the matter. The university offered to revoke the suspension of 10 students if they apologized, but the students declined.
Govindan emphasized that the students' agitation would not cease with an apology and accused the university's functioning from being disrupted by the Vice-Chancellor's infrequent visits. He also alleged that the intervention of the Governor had exacerbated the situation, suggesting it as part of a planned RSS agenda.
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