VS lifts spirit of striking Law Academy students; pressure mounts on Lekshmi Nair

When CPM leader V.S. Achuthanandan visited SFI protesters staging strike near the Law Academy. TV grab

» Veteran CPM leader V.S. Achuthanandan visited the Law Academy students who are on a hunger strike, extended them his support

» VS met the students at the strike venue of SFI, student organization of the CPM

» VS said the government should take back the land which was now in possession of the academy

» He termed the students' demands fair

» Various student outfits have been staging strikes demanding the resignation of college principal Lakshmi Nair

» Soon after VS left the venue, CPI's youth wing AIYF took out a march towards Secretariat demanding resignation of Nair

» As the march turned violent, police used water cannons to disperse the protesters

» The allegation is that Nair, famous for her TV cookery show, has been harassing students and parents

» Students say they will not call off their strike until Nair steps down as principal

» BJP leader V. Muraleedharan has launched a 48-hour fast to express solidarity with the protesting students