Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s ultimatum to nominate a member to the search-cum-selection committee for the next Vice-Chancellor (V-C) has triggered discord in Kerala University (KU) where Left-aligned Syndicate members have raised objections against a move to convene an urgent senate meeting to comply with the directive.
A delegation led by Syndicate members Shijukhan J.S., G. Muralidharan and R. Rajesh met Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal to convey the “impropriety” in calling the meeting under controversial circumstances.
Prof. Kunnummal had directed the Registrar to arrange the meeting on February 16 with the single-point agenda of discussing the Raj Bhavan notice and nominating a member to the selection panel. This has further soured his relations with Syndicate members after finding himself virtually cornered at a recent Syndicate meeting that discussed the fiasco over the nomination of senate members.
