DYFI, ABVP activists lay siege to Calicut Varsity

 Thursday, April 26, 2012: Several activists belonging to the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) laid siege to the Calicut University as a protest against the alleged land scam.
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