Pinarayi Vijayan seeks strigent action against YC workers, police over University Hostel violence
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has demanded strict action against Youth Congress workers and police following violence at a university hostel in Thiruvananthapuram. He alleges that the attack was orchestrated and that police acted with bias against student activists.
Why it matters
The incident underscores rising political tensions and concerns regarding police conduct and student safety on university campuses.
Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan has urged Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala to adopt stringent action over the alleged “orchestrated” attack by Youth Congress workers and the police at the University Hostel in Thiruvananthapuram. In a letter to the Home Minister, the CPI(M) veteran alleged that the decision by the Youth Congress to commence its march from the hostel premises instead of its usual protest venues was a deliberate attempt to provoke violence. He claimed that a group of 200 people surrounded the hostel carrying weapons including machetes, stones and beer bottles, and hurled flaming torches at the premises.
He also alleged that despite the available video footage showing Youth Congress workers, including its district president, throwing stones towards the hostel, neither the organisation’s leadership nor the police intervened to stop them.
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