Activists of Students Federation of India (SFI) taking out a procession from the University College to Secretariat, ahead of its all-India conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
| Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN
Students Federation of India (SFI) national president V.P. Sanu and general secretary Mayukh Biswas have said that the organisation will hit the streets if Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is planning to uphold Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh former chief M.S. Golwalkar’s book Bunch of Thoughts in the place of Indian Constitution.
They told the media here on Wednesday that Governors should keep in mind the limitations of their powers. Mr. Sanu said that the Governors were not democratically elected to their office, but were nominated by incumbent Union governments. That way, they were subservient to the Centre. “If the Kerala Governor is trying to implement the RSS agenda, we will resist the move. We are not willing to toe his line,” he said.
Against NEP
Mr. Sanu and Mr. Biswas said that the four-day 18 national conference of the SFI that would begin at Aspinwall Courtyard near the Kozhikode beach on June 27 would discuss issues such as the intervention of Governors in the higher education sector, the BJP’s alleged attempts to divide the country on communal lines, and the Union government’s alleged move to disrupt the federal set-up in the country. Replying to a question, Mr. Sanu said that the SFI was opposed to implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) across the country. Journalist Shashi Kumar and theatre activist M.K. Raina would open the delegate session of the conference.
Published – June 25, 2025 07:27 pm IST
