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Kannur University Row: Kannur University in Kerala was embroiled in controversy after the Vice Chancellor of the university appointed a monitoring committee to oversee the content of events conducted in colleges affiliated with the institution. A section of the students saw the move as an attack on the freedom of expression in the campus of the university.

SFI (Students' Federation of India) activists staged protest at Kannur University on Thursday. The SFI members in a large number gathered in the varsity and burnt the Vice Chancellor's notice. The situation went out of control and subsequently police were called in.

The visual from Kannur showed police personnel were struggling to disperse protesting students.

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Earlier, in a controversial move, the Vice Chancellor of Kannur University formed a monitoring committee to inspect the content of events conducted by the colleges fall under the Kannur University.

Move To Check Anti-National Content

The committee’s purpose is to check for any anti-national content in such programs. Going forward, all college union events will be monitored by the committee, the notice said. The university has stated that strict action will be taken against any event found to contain anti-national elements.

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Kerala Minister Boycotts Raj Bhavan Environment Day Celebrations

In another development in Kerala, a controversy broke out on Thursday after Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad boycotted the state-level celebrations on World Environment Day at the Raj Bhavan -- the official residence of the state Governor, Rajendra V Arlekar. The reason was that the minister did not want the picture of the Bharat Mata, commonly used by the RSS, to be placed on the central dais.

Prasad told the media that the programme was decided after speaking to the Governor. "Last night, a change was made, and this was not acceptable to the state government. The picture was not the regular Bharat Mata picture which we use, but at Raj Bhavan, it was the one that is used by the RSS. It is not right to keep such pictures, and the Governor said it cannot be changed, and hence the state government decided not to take part in the function at the Raj Bhavan," said Prasad."
(With agencies inputs)

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