THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students’ organisations have stepped up their agitation demanding action against the alleged malpractices at the Law Academy Law College in Peroorkada.
KSU activists gheraoed Kerala University Pro Vice Chancellor (PVC) N Veeramanikandan on Monday demanding action against the college.
The protesters barged into the chamber of Veeramanikandan demanding a comprehensive inquiry into the various malpractices and ‘anti-student’ attitude of the college management. They demanded the college Principal Lekshmi Nair should be asked to step down during the course of inquiry.
The PVC on his part told the students that the complaints against the college have been placed before the affiliation committee for action. The KSU activists who barged into the PVC’s chamber at around 12.30 pm were later arrested and removed from the University headquarters.
Meanwhile, the SFI has intensified its agitation with the hunger strike undertaken by college unit president Dev Krishnan entering the third day on Monday.
School students take out march
School students marched to the college expressing solidarity with the agitating SFI activists on Monday. Meanwhile, activists of the DYFI and CITU and members of the All India Lawyers’ Union also took out marches to the college.
Former MLA V Sivankutty addressed the agitating students at the campus. Later the SFI activists, led by district general secretary Prathin Saj Krishnan, took out a march to the Kerala University headquarters at Palayam demanding immediate intervention by the university to end the impasse.
Besides SFI and KSU, the college campus has been witnessing demonstrations by student organisations such as the All India Students Federation (AISF) and Muslim Students Federation (MSF).