Kannur/Palakkad (Kerala), Police on Wednesday used water cannon and pushed women protesters on the road to disperse Kerala Students Union (KSU) workers who were taking out a march in Kannur and Palakkad districts against the Left government in the state. Gave. dragged off.
The student activists were raising the issue of alleged shortage of plus-one seats in schools in the northern Kerala region of Malabar.
The Left government has come under fire after a student allegedly committed suicide over concerns that she would get a Plus-One (Class 11) seat to continue her studies on June 11 in Parappanangadi in the region's Malappuram district. Or not. Facing criticism on this issue. ,
Several workers of KSU, the student wing of the opposition Congress in the state, marched towards the district collectorate in Kannur, demanding to accommodate additional plus-one batches in schools.
When the protesters moved forward raising slogans against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and General Education Minister V Sivankutty, the police blocked their way by tying a rope in the middle of the road.When they continued sloganeering and refused to leave the place, police used water. Cannon twice.
The police also stopped the protesters from crossing the barricade.
Minor clashes also broke out between KSU activists and law enforcers, who later forcibly removed the agitators, including women, from the area. Many women protesters can be seen being dragged on the road by the police.
KSU workers allege that the police also beat them up.
There were also tense moments during the KSU protests in Palakkad district.
While the Congress party and KSU have been demanding that additional plus-one seats be allocated to address the alleged shortage of seats in schools in the Malabar region, the Kerala government has claimed that there is no crisis in plus-one admissions. Minister V Sivankutty has claimed that thousands of seats remain vacant every year after the completion of plus-one admissions in the region.He also claimed that, every year, temporary additional batches are allowed to ensure that students get a chance to choose the subject they want to study.
The student activists were raising the issue of alleged shortage of plus-one seats in schools in the northern Kerala region of Malabar.
The Left government has come under fire after a student allegedly committed suicide over concerns that she would get a Plus-One (Class 11) seat to continue her studies on June 11 in Parappanangadi in the region's Malappuram district. Or not. Facing criticism on this issue. ,
Several workers of KSU, the student wing of the opposition Congress in the state, marched towards the district collectorate in Kannur, demanding to accommodate additional plus-one batches in schools.
When the protesters moved forward raising slogans against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and General Education Minister V Sivankutty, the police blocked their way by tying a rope in the middle of the road.When they continued sloganeering and refused to leave the place, police used water. Cannon twice.
The police also stopped the protesters from crossing the barricade.
Minor clashes also broke out between KSU activists and law enforcers, who later forcibly removed the agitators, including women, from the area. Many women protesters can be seen being dragged on the road by the police.
KSU workers allege that the police also beat them up.
There were also tense moments during the KSU protests in Palakkad district.
While the Congress party and KSU have been demanding that additional plus-one seats be allocated to address the alleged shortage of seats in schools in the Malabar region, the Kerala government has claimed that there is no crisis in plus-one admissions. Minister V Sivankutty has claimed that thousands of seats remain vacant every year after the completion of plus-one admissions in the region.He also claimed that, every year, temporary additional batches are allowed to ensure that students get a chance to choose the subject they want to study.
