By Express News Service
KOTTAYAM: The college students’ protest on the state-run Okay R Narayanan Institute of Visual Science and Arts at Thekkumthala close to Kottayam has taken a brand new flip following District Collector P Okay Jayasree’s order to shut the institute for 2 weeks. It additionally entrusted the institute director to implement the order directly.
With the collector’s order directing college students to vacate the hostel, the protesters have determined to briefly droop the agitation in entrance of the institute.
Instead, they’re planning to hunt different choices to enliven the problems they raised, together with caste discrimination on the a part of institute director Shankar Mohan. Students stated they might resume protests when the institute reopens on January 8.
Though the collector’s directive got here on Friday night time, the institute director issued the order asking the scholars to vacate the hostel instantly solely by Saturday night, which put many in hassle.
“There are college students right here from exterior Kerala. It is tough for them to journey at night time. As quickly as we obtained the order on Saturday night, we contacted the collector and sought time to vacate the hostel. Accordingly, we will likely be leaving the campus on Sunday morning’’, stated Sreedev Suprakash, chairman of the scholars’ council.
The different day, the collector issued an order below part 81 of the Kerala Police Act 2011 to close the institute until January 8.
The determination was made in view of the scholars’ warning to escalate the protest right into a starvation strike from Christmas and the potential worsening of the regulation and order scenario. The college students have been protesting since December 5 demanding the ouster of the institute director alleging caste discrimination.
KOTTAYAM: The college students’ protest on the state-run Okay R Narayanan Institute of Visual Science and Arts at Thekkumthala close to Kottayam has taken a brand new flip following District Collector P Okay Jayasree’s order to shut the institute for 2 weeks. It additionally entrusted the institute director to implement the order directly.
With the collector’s order directing college students to vacate the hostel, the protesters have determined to briefly droop the agitation in entrance of the institute.
Instead, they’re planning to hunt different choices to enliven the problems they raised, together with caste discrimination on the a part of institute director Shankar Mohan. Students stated they might resume protests when the institute reopens on January 8.
Though the collector’s directive got here on Friday night time, the institute director issued the order asking the scholars to vacate the hostel instantly solely by Saturday night, which put many in hassle.
“There are college students right here from exterior Kerala. It is tough for them to journey at night time. As quickly as we obtained the order on Saturday night, we contacted the collector and sought time to vacate the hostel. Accordingly, we will likely be leaving the campus on Sunday morning’’, stated Sreedev Suprakash, chairman of the scholars’ council.
The different day, the collector issued an order below part 81 of the Kerala Police Act 2011 to close the institute until January 8.
The determination was made in view of the scholars’ warning to escalate the protest right into a starvation strike from Christmas and the potential worsening of the regulation and order scenario. The college students have been protesting since December 5 demanding the ouster of the institute director alleging caste discrimination.
