UDF facilitating Sangh agenda in universities, says Pinarayi
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the Kerala government of facilitating the Sangh Parivar's agenda within state universities. He claims the current administration has abandoned the legal resistance against the Governor's appointments that his previous government had established.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions regarding the autonomy of educational institutions and the influence of central government-aligned ideologies in state-run universities.
Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday alleged that the United Democratic Front (UDF) government was facilitating the Sangh Parivar’s agenda in Kerala’s higher education sector by remaining silent on the Governor’s interventions in universities and abandoning the resistance mounted by the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
Addressing a public meeting organised in connection with the golden jubilee of the Kerala University Employees Union here, Mr. Vijayan accused the UDF government of allowing the “saffronisation” of universities by failing to challenge decisions taken through the Chancellor’s office and by endorsing appointments that purportedly advanced the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) agenda.
Defending the previous LDF government’s handling of university affairs, Mr. Vijayan said it had repeatedly approached the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court over issues relating to the appointment of Vice-Chancellors in universities, including the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and the Digital University Kerala.
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