{
  "id": 17778416,
  "title": "CPI(M)-led group holds march to Sanskrit university’s Kalady campus demanding permission for suspended SFI activists to write exams as per HC order",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/cpi-m-led-group-holds-march-to-sanskrit-universitys-kalady-campus",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T10:07:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cpim-led-group-holds-march-to-sanskrit-universitys-kalady-campus-demanding-permission-for-suspended-sfi-activists-to-write-exams-as-per-hc-order/article71655632.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On November 2, 2026, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Sanskrit University Janakeeya Samrakshana Samithi organized a march to the main campus of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) in Kalady, demanding permission for suspended Students Federation of India (SFI) activists to take their exams as per a Kerala High Court directive. The university had previously suspended 16 SFI-affiliated students following a protest during a Syndicate meeting on August 13, 2026.\n\nPolice intervened, halting the march at the campus entrance. At the demonstration, activists from the CPI(M), the suspended students, and their parents were present. S. Sathish, Ernakulam District Secretary of the CPI(M), inaugurated the march and accused the Vice Chancellor of not adhering to a High Court order allowing students to remit fees and take exams. He dismissed reports that the agitating students had performed a mock funeral for Vice-Chancellor Ciza Thomas at the protest held on August 13, instead blaming Higher Education Minister Roji M. John for supporting the university's claims.\n\nThe university released a statement denying allegations that activists had damaged theatre department lights during the protest. The department head informed the Syndicate that the lights were destroyed during the 2018 floods, and the university had no complaints about damaged lights from 2018 to March 2026. The university has had four Vice Chancellors and two Syndicates throughout this period, with Ms. Thomas taking office in March 2026.",
  "summary": "Varsity had suspended 16 students in connection with protest led by SFI to press various demands while a meeting of Syndicate was under way on August 13",
  "key_points": [
    "CPI(M)-led group marches to SSUS Kalady campus",
    "Suspended SFI activists demand exam permission per HC order",
    "Police halt march at campus entrance"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}