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Kerala University removes banners, boards from campuses
Kerala University began removing flags, banners and boards from its headquarters and Karyavattom campus on Monday after Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal gave organisations 24 hours to take them down. The Registrar oversaw…
The Story in Brief
Kerala University began removing flags, banners and boards from its headquarters and Karyavattom campus on Monday after Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal gave organisations 24 hours to take them down. The Registrar oversaw the removal in the presence of police, though the organisations themselves complied. The VC has banned installations that hide heritage structures and prohibited boards within 200 metres of the entrance gates. Special display facilities will be arranged for student, teaching and non-teaching groups.
The Indian Opinion
The clean-up order is being framed by some as an attack on student expression, but the real issue is discipline and heritage. Obscuring century-old buildings with flex boards benefits no one. The VC has also offered special display zones. The test will be whether those zones are used and whether heritage facades stay visible.
Source: thehindu.com
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