Overview
- Students demanded immediate allocation of Rs 50 lakh for the arts festival and payment of long-pending travel allowances for sports students.
- Police used lathi charge and water cannons as protesters breached barricades, entered the building housing the Vice Chancellor and Registrar, and gathered outside their offices.
- The agitation led by the Students’ Federation of India entered its second day, with leaders saying it will continue until their demands are addressed.
- Higher Education Minister R. Bindu criticised Vice Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal for allegedly denying the festival funds.
- Police arrested University Union chairman Ashwin during the unrest, as the Vice Chancellor said the outgoing union’s term had ended and a second festival was not possible.