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
