Leftist leaders, activists reacted harshly on the stabbing incident. The student union is on a serious line of fire after the recent events. Let's look at some of the reactions of prominent left leaders and sympathists that are doing rounds on social media.
CPI(M) leader and Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission chairman V.S Achuthanandan launched criticism against Students’ Federation of India for promoting violence in college campuses. The remarks were made following the arrest of the SFI activists for attempting to murder a fellow student from the University College.
Achuthanandan pointed out that the federation is having serious issues in its foundation and it is the duty of the student fraternity to rectify these mistakes and move forward. He also criticized the leadership for propagating violence among the students and added that such leaders should not be followed.
CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan termed as ‘unfortunate’ on the incidents that happened in the University College. The party will not protect the accused. Strict action will be taken against the guilty and one should be cautious to avoid such incidents, he told reporters after visiting Akhil in the medical college hospital.
Kodiyeri said, “The party will not protect any of the accused. The police will decide on further steps as part of the probe. The party will not interfere in disrupting the activities of the investigating team. As a student organization, the SFI functions independently. There are CPM and non-CPM members in the organization. Usually the decision of the party is not imposed on the SFI. The organisation has the ability to take their own decisions independently.
Political enemies have been trying for some time to get the college shifted from there. There is no need to change the college just because of a scuffle. The incidents happened not just because the college was there. Caution is needed to avoid such incidents. Strict action will be taken against the guilty, he said.
Minister G. Sudhakaran lashed out against the accused SFI leaders in the murder attempt of third-year degree student Akhil at University College. He said that criminals should never be a part of the police force and there should be an investigation on how the accused became SFI office bearers.
Sudhakaran asked how such people do work for the organization with weapons. He added that the accused went into hiding because they have no sense of guilt. Two of the accused in the stabbing case, Nasim and Sivaranjith, are named in the police rank list.
Deepa Nishanth, the activist-writer made her opinion public through her facebook page.
Earlier, many raised criticism against Deepa and others for not reacting against the incident. They also pointed out Deepa was the first to raise her voice when SFI activist Abhimanyu was murdered by CFI and SDPI members.
Deepa, through her post, stated that she did know of the incident in University College but chose not to speak about it. She also took a jibe at her critics by stating that she does not seek their advice on how to spend her time.
According to her, the intentions of those who are demanding the dismissal of SFI are to be doubted as they plan to create a favorable ground for their own organisations in the campuses. The author also added that the SFI leadership has taken an appropriate stand regarding the issue and there need not be any further discussion on the topic.
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