College union poll row: KSU president begins hunger strike
The Hindu
KSU State Pres. Xavior starts hunger strike demanding repolling of Sree Kerala Varma College chair post. SFI candidate declared winner after recounting. DCC demands Minister's resignation for alleged malpractice. Writ petition filed in HC seeking re-election & investigation into alleged tampering.
Kerala Students Union (KSU) State president Aloysius Xavior on Thursday night started an indefinite hunger strike here demanding repolling of the chairman post at Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur.
KSU chairman candidate S. Sreekuttan was initially declared winner by one vote in the college, a Left bastion for more than four decades, in the election held on Wednesday.
However, the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) demanded recounting. SFI candidate K.S. Aniruddhan was declared winner by 11 votes after recounting. The KSU has been protesting since then, alleging malpractice in the counting process.
Alleging that R. Bindu, Higher Education Minister and former teacher at the college, intervened to torpedo the union election, the Congress demanded her resignation.
“The Minister, who led the episode of malpractice during recounting using the college management and teachers with Left affiliation, should resign from the post,” DCC president Jose Vallur said.
The DCC expressed solidarity with the hunger strike of Mr. Xavior.
A writ petition was filed on Friday before the Kerala High Court seeking a directive to conduct a re-election to the post of chairman of the college union of Sree Kerala Varma College.
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