As Kerala heads for state assembly elections on 6 April, cadre belonging to the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) attacked the Union President of NSS College in Kerala’s Cherthala.
The SFI is an Indian left-wing student organisation politically aligned to the Communist Party of India.
J Anand, the President of the Students’ Union and a leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) was attacked with an iron rod. The student union president had gone to the campus to take part in the farewell program for the seniors. Also injured in the attack is ABVP activist Anu.
A police complaint has been lodged against the SFI goons.
The Alappuzha district committee has called for strong action against this new attack against the ABVP workers as the SFI has a long history of attacking rival students’ organisations.
The SFI had carried out a vicious attack last year at the NSS College, Vazhoor in Kottayam. The SFI activists had then used sharp weapons and machete in the attack, leading to several ABVP workers sustaining serious injuries.
Last month at Kerala Varma College, ABVP students were brutally beaten up by SFI when they expressed their support for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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