Thiruvananthapuram: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday decided to intensify its stir against the Kerala Law Academy with former state BJP president V. Muraleedharan converting his 48-hour hunger strike, that was to have ended by noon, into an indefinite one.
The private law college, run by father-daughter duo Narayanan Nair and Lekshmi Nair, recently came under fire over violation of norms.
"The situation is so grave that it's easier to list out rules followed by the management rather than the violations. We have decided to extend the present 48-hour hunger strike into an indefinite one," said state BJP president Kummanem Rajashekharan.
Activists of the All India Students Federation (AISF) -- student wing of the Communist Party of India (CPI) -- Friday took to streets and clashed with the police in front of the state Secretariat, demanding the resignation of principal Lekshmi Nair.
The student protest, now into its third week, demands that the principal step down after they produced an audio of Nair's curt and rude behavior.
Moreover, numerous complaints from students and parents have been made before the nine-member Kerala University Syndicate probe team in its three-day sitting, which ended Thursday. Their report will be placed before the syndicate Saturday.
BJP Kerala chief Kummanam Rajasekharan speaking at the hunger strike venue in Thiruvananthapuram. By now, several top political leaders -- including former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, state Congress president V.M. Sudheeran, BJP chief Kummanam Rajasekheran and leader of opposition Ramesh Chennithala, CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran -- have come and expressed support to the students' strike.
Established in 1968 by Narayanan Nair, who is now the institute's director, the Kerala Law Academy has among its alumni many leading politicians, judges, lawyers, high ranking police officers and bureaucrats.
