CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member V. Sivadasan has sent a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan protesting a recent circular by Proctor of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Madhya Pradesh that all students from Kerala must furnish a test report that they are Nipah virus negative. Dr. Sivadasan demanded urgent intervention of Mr. Pradhan so that students from Kerala will not be denied of their fundamental constitutional rights.
IGNTU, a Central University functioning from Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh, had started open counselling for graduate and undergraduate students on Thursday. Proctor MTV Nagaraju said in a notification that students from Kerala must furnish a Nipah negative test report considering the spread of the virus in the State.
