The Students Federation of India (SFI) has found itself embroiled in yet another controversy as a district leader of the organisation secured MCom admission at Milad E- Sherif Memorial (MSM) College, Kayamkulam, allegedly furnishing a fake degree certificate.
Nikhil Thomas, the person in the middle of the controversy, had studied B.Com at the college during 2017-20. However, he reportedly did not clear the exam. In 2021, he joined the MCom course at the same college with a 2018-21 BCom certificate issued by Kalinga University.
Following the allegation, first raised by another SFI member, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) district leadership intervened and the SFI removed Nikhil from the district committee. In the petition, the complainant reportedly noted the illogicality of Nikhil studying the same course at two different institutions in the same period.
