Students Federation of India march to Kerala University turns tense
A protest by the Students' Federation of India at the University of Kerala turned tense after police used water cannons to disperse activists. The students were demonstrating against alleged irregularities in examination evaluation and high revaluation fees.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing tensions regarding academic administration and student grievances in higher education institutions.
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) took out a march to the University of Kerala headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (August 11, 2026), raising a range of demands concerning examination evaluation, revaluation, academic administration and student facilities.
The protest turned tense after the police stopped the SFI activists at the university gate. The protesters eventually entered the campus by scaling the compound wall, following which the police used water cannon. There was also a brief confrontation between the police and the protesters. The SFI subsequently began a sit-in outside the university headquarters.
The main demand raised by the SFI concerned alleged irregularities in the evaluation and revaluation of answer scripts, particularly in the BA LLB examination.
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