Kannur വൈസ് Kannur University Vice Chancellor Dr. Youth Congress clashes in March demanding the removal of Gopinath Raveendran. Police used water cannon. Activists protested by climbing over the barricade. Police lashed out at those who tried to jump the barricade. The activists broke up under the banner ‘Communist School, Pinarayi Vaka’.
Governor Arif Mohammad Khan had responded that he was under pressure to sign for the re-appointment of the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University. Kannur University Vice Chancellor Dr. Higher Education Minister R Bindu has written two letters to the Governor in his own letterhead in violation of UGC rules for re-appointing Gopinath Raveendran. The government was cut short during the war with the governor. The recommendation for the current VC was made by the Minister on the 22nd of last month while a search committee was in place to select a new VC. It was in this context that the Youth Congress intensified its protest.
English Summary: Police uses water cannons during Youth Congress protest in Kannur
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