In the face of condemnation from the public, the NITC, Calicut, has decided to put on hold the suspension of an engineering student, who organised a single-person protest on campus.
The Dean suspended Dalit student Vysakh Premkumar on 31 January after accusing him of inciting an “illegal gathering” that resulted in “campus unrest” on 22 January.
Following the protests, the institute also announced three non-functional days on 2, 3, and 4 February and asked the students not to “venture out of hostel premises”.
The order was issued putting on hold the suspension of Vyshakh Premkumar, who was protesting against a function on campus hailing the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya.
Vysakh is a fourth-year BTech student at NIT-C, and his lone protest invited angry responses from the Sangh Parivar members and sympathisers on the campus.
Despite roughing him up for organising the protest against what looked like an official celebration of the consecration by the institute, the authorities chose to suspend him.
Despite repeatedly contacting the dean’s office, South First is yet to receive any response. The institution’s public relations officer said she was not competent enough to talk about the issue.