The special meeting of the Kerala University (KU) Senate convened on Tuesday to propose a nominee for the selection process of the next Vice Chancellor was called off after the pro-Left Democratic Front (LDF) members toed the political leadership’s line to abstain from the discussion.
The meeting was abandoned in the absence of the minimum quorum of 19 members in the 91-member council. Only 13 members, including Vice Chancellor V.P. Mahadevan Pillai and 10 United Democratic Front (UDF) members, turned up. Besides, only two of the 13 members who had been nominated to the Senate by the Chancellor were present.
Despite their absence, a large number of LDF members, including legislators V.S. Joy and V. Sasi, were on the campus during the scheduled time.
