Vice-Chancellors direct colleges to mark ‘Partition Horror Day’; Kerala University pulls back amid mounting opposition

Kerala, Kannur, APJ Abdul Kalam Technology Universities and Cochin University Vice President of the University of Science and Technology, August 14 in accordance with a Raj Bhavan Circular as a Raj Bhavan Circular directed to observe.

Colleges were directed to organize programs, including seminars, games and poster making to mark it on the occasion.

However, Kerala University unexpectedly issued a revised circular on Tuesday and advised colleges to restrict such events to the execution of such events. The new Circular given by the Director responsible for the University Development Council (CDC) announced that the original instruction has spread according to the communication from the office of the vice president ”.

He also said: “The colleges expressed various concerns about the policy decision on this issue through the phone and the e -mail. They also stated that the Prime Minister of the Kerala had clearly declared the policy of the Kerala Government on the memory of the Division Horror Day.”

Allegedly, the Vice President Responsible Mohanan Kunnummal allegedly removed without being approved by the revised Circular, another step should be thrown only with the consent of the appropriate authorities ”.

Shortly after being released, it was reported that the professor, holding the additional responsibility of the CDC director, resigned from the position.

Both the Indian Student Federation and the Kerala Student Union promised to block any incident in connection with observation. The SFI will also organize symbolic protests against Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, who served as the vice president of Kerala and Kannur universities on Wednesday.

The state government reiterated that he did not approve the Raj Bhavan directive. The Minister of Higher Education R. Bindu, who addressed a press conference in Thrissur, described the governor’s directive as a part of the “separatist and social agenda ı organized by Rashtria Swayamsevak Sangh.

He added that the movement threatens the secular fabric of the country and aims to encourage social hatred under the guise of commemoration. “This is the attempt to inject the campus and destructive and sectarian ideologies and to create divisions between students.”

Calling academic society to resist such initiatives, the Minister added that some officials who act as “representatives of the Chancellor” could try to implement this directive in universities.

The Rescue Campaign Committee, a voice critic of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government, was called to avoid commemorating the incident, taking into account the risks associated with such programs that could lead to sections between the student community.