Overview
- SFI activists breached barricades on the Thiruvananthapuram campus, blocked Vice Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal’s car and were met with water cannons.
- The Registrar, acting on the Vice Chancellor’s direction, filed a complaint to the State Police Chief alleging obstruction and an attempt to assault the Vice Chancellor.
- The first Senate meeting in nearly four months turned chaotic after Left members demanded the removal of Sanskrit dean C. N. Vijayakumari, which the Vice Chancellor refused.
- Sreekaryam police registered an FIR on November 9 against Vijayakumari under SC/ST provisions based on scholar Vipin Vijayan’s complaint over alleged casteist remarks linked to a thesis-signature dispute.
- Vijayakumari denies the allegation, citing academic shortcomings and plagiarism claims against the scholar, while Left groups and SFI say their agitation will continue.