Chaotic scenes marred the Kerala University Union Youth Festival 2024 on its penultimate day on March 10 (Sunday) as the annual event assumed a political hue amid clashes between Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and Kerala Students Union (KSU) activists.
A day after the police detained four persons including a judge on bribery charges, the Kerala University headquarters in Palayam witnessed high drama when a group of KSU activists marched to the main festival venue at the Senate Hall.
The protesters led by Aparna Prasannan, union chairperson of the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, accused SFI workers of assaulting students from various colleges including the law college, Nedumangad Government College and Mar Ivanios College, where the college unions are currently helmed by the Congress-feeder KSU. They also charged the police with remaining mute spectators to such instances of violence.