Lekshmi Nair. File photo» The Kerala Law Academy management will consider removing the college principal Lekshmi Nair, who is accused of harassing students, the institute's director and her father N. Narayanan Nair said. A director board meeting, convened Monday afternoon, will take a decision, he added. Student representatives have also been called in.
» Meanwhile, veteran CPM leader V.S. Achuthanandan said that the strike by students against Kerala Law Academy management is a public issue and urged the government to launch an extensive probe. CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan had termed the stir a 'student agitation.'
» VS wrote a letter to revenue minister E. Chandrasekharan and asked his department to investigate charges against the academy, owned by Narayanan Nair and his daughter Lekshmi Nair who is also the principal.
» “The government allotted land to the academy for educational purpose. The government should retain the land, which is in possession of the institute and is used for other purposes, from them,” VS said in the letter.
» Earlier in the day, the revenue minister said the government had not received any complaints against the academy. “If we get a complaint, we will investigate,” he said.
» Congress MLA K. Muraleedharan said he too will launch an indefinite hunger strike from Thursday. Muraleedharan demanded that government should find a solution to the issue in 48 hours and that Lekshmi Nair should be arrested.
» The Kerala University, under which the Law Academy functions, had listed the institute as a government college on its website, media found out. However, the varsity corrected its mistake and changed the college's category to private on the site.
