Overview

• On July 8, SFI activists simultaneously stormed University of Kerala, Calicut and Kannur University, breaking barricades to occupy administrative blocks and stage sit-ins.
• Police deployed water cannons, detained dozens of student protesters and faced criticism for slow response as campuses were breached.
• Interim Vice-Chancellor Ciza Thomas has prevented Registrar K.S. Anil Kumar from campus access after the Syndicate overturned his earlier suspension.
• CPI(M) leaders including M.V. Govindan have publicly backed the student agitation as a defence of academic freedom while the BJP accuses the Left of leveraging protests for political gain.
• The SFI has called for a statewide class boycott on July 10 to protest Governor Arlekar’s alleged efforts to introduce RSS-driven ideology into state universities.