Friday, April 27, 2012: The Left Democratic Front on Friday has demanded the resignation of Education Minister Abdu Rabb and Calicut University Vice-chancellor for allegedly misusing their power in connection with the Calicut Varsity land scam.
Addressing the presspersons here today, LDF convener Vaikom Viswan opined that an LDF delegation led by Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan would meet Governor HR Bhardwaj regarding the same.
Ministers PK Kunhalikutty and Abdu Rabb are down playing the allegations, meanwhile Vice-chancellor has stated that he had discussed the matter with them, in this situation the UDF government is responsible to give an explanation in this issue, he added.
The scandal pertains to an aborted move by a section in the University administration and syndicate to assign vast tracts of land forming part of its central campus to some private trusts with academic and sporting interests.
Following the allegations Calicut University syndicate had decided to annul its land allocation to some private trusts with academic and sporting interests, which opposition alleged headed by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) ministers.
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