Overview

• SFI activists displayed photos of Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar at the university gate ahead of the senate meeting attended by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.
• Photographs of RSS founders KB Hedgewar and MS Golwalkar were installed alongside a Bharat Mata portrait at Raj Bhavan, triggering the initial student demonstration.
• Governor Arlekar defended the installations at his official residence, declaring there would be no compromise on Bharat Mata despite objections from LDF partners.
• Police used force on June 16 to repel SFI protesters attempting to breach Raj Bhavan security during the first sit-in.
• SFI state leaders alleged that the Governor was sent by the RSS to implement its ideology in Kerala through these displays.