Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (NM)
Mangalore, Jun 19: The members of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP) on Tuesday June 19 announced a protest against St Aloysius PU College for misjudging a former student because he was an ABVP activist and had taken part in an anti-corruption protest against the College's orders.
Addressing a press meet, state secretary Ramesh K explained that J K Bindu Madhav Tilak, who did his PUC in St Aloysius College, had taken part in an ABVP protest supporting Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement in 2011. The College did not give permission to its students to participate in the protest, but the students went ahead with their plans. Later, based on video and photographic evidence, the College is said to have identified the protesting students and termed Tilak's character as 'unsatisfactory'.
Condemning the move, Ramesh emphasized that Tilak was an honest student who also maintained good attendance, but the College had not done justice to him. He said that the College was exploiting its students and appealed to the education department to take action against the College.
The protest will be held on Wednesday June 20, wherein students from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu districts will demand action against the College submit a memorandum in this regard to the state government. The students will demand that the college issues a fresh conduct certificate not only to Tilak but all those students marked 'unsatisfactory' for taking part in the anti-corruption protest.
ABVP district secretary Chinmay Rai and Bindhu Madhav were present.