Plus One seats: protests intensify across State
The Hindu
Plus One seats: protests intensify across State
Agitations against the “shortage” of Plus One seats intensified on Saturday with student organisations affiliated to the Opposition staging protests in Kozhikode and Malappuram and in the State capital on Saturday.
Activists of the Kerala Students’ Union (KSU) and the Muslim Students’ Federation (MSF) waved black flag at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at West Hill in Kozhikode in protest against the State government’s alleged apathy in resolving the shortage of Plus One seats in the Malabar region.
The Chief Minister was on his way from the Government Guest House to open the NGO Union’s State conference. KSU district president V.T. Sooraj and four other functionaries were taken into custody in connection with the incident. The police also nabbed 12 other activists who were present at the spot.
In the State capital, MSF activists took out a protest to the office of the Director of General Education (DGE) at Jagathy.
The activists who reached the directorate around 11 a.m. were not able to meet the DGE. They hurled a name board of DGE and locked the main door leading to the reception. The police forcibly evicted the protesters, and broke open the lock.
The MSF, in a statement, said its State president P.K. Navas and general secretary C.K. Najaf were arrested by the police.
The MSF alleged that the General Education department was furnishing incorrect statistics and announced that the protests would be intensified.
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