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The signatories included Prof Prabhu Prasad Mohapatra and Prof Kesavan Veluthat (retired) from the Department of History, Delhi University, and eminent historian Prof Romila Thapar.
The Priya Varghese-Kannur University row is just one in a series of instances where people close to the ruling party, the CPM, are seen landing plum posts in varsities.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who is also the Chancellor of state universities, had stayed Priya's appointment last week alleging nepotism.
Manorama had on Friday highlighted the authorities' failure to make permanent appointments to three vital statutory posts
The recent flashpoint has been over the appointment of Dr Priya Varghese at the varsity. Priya is the wife of KK Ragesh, the private secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Even as he welcomed criticisms, Arif Mohammed Khan said the legality of the resolution needs to be verified.
Priya Varghese, meanwhile, refuted charges that her appointment as the Associate Professor with the Department of Malayalam was not above board.
His statement came as the tussle between the Governor and the ruling CPM escalated further after he stayed the Kannur University's move to appoint Priya Varghese as a professor at the varsity.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan had the other day annulled her appointment as associate professor on alleged grounds of nepotism.
Kerala Governor has expressed his dismay at the Kannur University Syndidate's actions to challenge his order staying the appointment of Priya Varghese at the varsity on the grounds of nepotism.
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