The University of Kerala has disqualified 39 students of affiliated colleges from contesting in university union elections after they have been found to have violated the eligibility criteria.
The Syndicate decision follows a scrutiny of the university union councillors’ list conducted in the wake of an impersonation row at Christian College, Kattakada, involving its former Principal and an unelected Students Federation of India (SFI) student activist.
The controversy had pushed the government and the Higher Education department on the defensive with the Opposition citing the irregularity as another ‘example’ of illegal attempts to capture positions of authority.
