EFLU Students’ Collective demand immediate removal of Vice Chancellor Prof. E Suresh

The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) Students’ Collective on Thursday demanded immediate removal of Vice Chancellor Prof. E Suresh, who according to them was overstaying as the VC after his tenure expired last year.

The university students on Thursday put forwarded demands including bringing the perpetrators of the alleged sexual assault on a woman student to justice. On October 18, a woman student was allegedly sexually assaulted by two persons on the campus and she was found unconscious by others. This resulted in a protest on the campus with the administration filing cases on 11 students.

To ensure a fair and thorough investigation into the issue, the EFLU Students’ Collective demanded removal of Proctor and the entire Proctorial board. Apart from



election to an autonomous student-led SPARSH committee, students wanted withdrawal of FIRs filed against students who participated in the protest.

Students also wanted the administration to revoke the “illegal Annexure 5”, which according to them was being used to gag dissent and repress all forms of democratic political activity.

Meanwhile, in a statement, the Women’s Collective of EFLU (WCE) said neither the VC nor anyone from the proctorial board addressed students directly regarding investigation of the case, so far.

Pointing out that the constitution of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) was against UGC guidelines, the WCE said the panel was not completely in place as the student representatives were not elected yet.