more-inWith the students’ agitation in the Kerala Law Academy Law College all set to peak this week, all eyes are on the State government for the stand it will take on the critical report of the Syndicate subcommittee of the University of Kerala pointin elated to internal assessment and attendance that has put the institution’s Principal P. Lakshmi Nair in the dock. The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth outfit of the BJP, took the agitation out of Thiruvananthapuram district by holding a sit-in in front of Education Minister C. Ravindranath’s residence in Thrissur. Nair Service Society general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair also reportedly intervened on behalf of the college Principal. In the meantime, back room attempts to resolve the agitation took place on Sunday, with academy director N. Narayanan Nair meeting CPI(M) State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and the Education Minister. Though Mr. Kodiyeri and Mr. Nair have denied such a meeting, the latter is reported to have conveyed the academy’s director board decision that Ms. Nair need not resign from her post.

Source: The Hindu January 29, 2017 15:44 UTC