At least four students were injured in clashes with police at the Central University of Kerala in Kasaragod on Tuesday as they protested against the presence of an RSS ideologue at a seminar on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram at the university, officials said.
organised by the Sahitya Akademi and Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad, students protested outside the venue and clashed with police While Nandakumar arrived at the university and took part in the inauguration ceremony of a two-day national seminar on 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram. Who is he to say that? The protesting students held placards reading ‘No to RSS and saffronisation”, and shouted slogans against the RSS. Leader of Opposition and former CM Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the police action against the students. “The politics behind the seminar is very clear. If it is an academic progress, then what justification does university officials have in inviting an RSS leader?
One of the student activists told reporters, “The police are saying that we are not being allowed inside due to the vice-chancellor’s instructions.
Students who had registering for the event were denied entry,” he said.
