Chennai:
Around 100 students were detained by police after they picketed Income Tax building in Nungambakkam as the agitation by students on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue intensified here with more students from several educational institutions joining the protest on Wednesday.
Pachaiyappas College, Dr Ambedkar Law University and Government Law College were closed and officials did not specify whether the institutions are shut for a day or the closure may be prolonged.
Meanwhile, nearly 100 college students from different colleges picketed the Income Tax Office in the morning around 11.30 am. S Ilayaraja secretary of Chennai unit of Tamil Nadu Students Movement said that students from private institutions joined the protest. “The picketing of income tax department was to show our anger against the Union government. We want the Indian government to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka for violating human rights,” said Ilayaraja.
The students were detained by police and released after 5.45 pm, he added. Meanwhile, Madras Christian College students burnt copies of the US backed resolution condemning it as pro-Sri Lanka.
Ilayaraja said the students are planning to form an alliance across the state to intensify the protest against Sri Lankan atrocities against the Lankan Tamils and demanding separate Ealam for Sri lankan Tamils.
Meanwhile twenty-two law college students continued their hunger strike for the third day in front of hostel gate opposite Motcham theatre in Purusaiwalkam. A final year law college student A Kanagaraj was admitted to hospital as his condition deteriorated. He was shifted to Kilapauk Medical College.
Sixteen students from New College also joined the hunger strike in the evening. Loyola College students said students will start a signature campaign on Thursday, Williams Charles, Loyola College coordinator for Ealam Solidarity. “As students have taken up the issue against atrocities by Sri Lankan government, we want every Tamilian to protest against it,” he added.
Interestingly, the protests in colleges are happening when practicals for science subjects at under-graduation level is to begin from Thursday and it is likely it would be affected following the stir by students. The semester for the colleges is to begin from April 15 and following the strike, it is feared the teachers would have to rush to complete the syllabus.
Around 100 students were detained by police after they picketed Income Tax building in Nungambakkam as the agitation by students on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue intensified here with more students from several educational institutions joining the protest on Wednesday.
Pachaiyappas College, Dr Ambedkar Law University and Government Law College were closed and officials did not specify whether the institutions are shut for a day or the closure may be prolonged.
Meanwhile, nearly 100 college students from different colleges picketed the Income Tax Office in the morning around 11.30 am. S Ilayaraja secretary of Chennai unit of Tamil Nadu Students Movement said that students from private institutions joined the protest. “The picketing of income tax department was to show our anger against the Union government. We want the Indian government to impose economic sanctions against Sri Lanka for violating human rights,” said Ilayaraja.
The students were detained by police and released after 5.45 pm, he added. Meanwhile, Madras Christian College students burnt copies of the US backed resolution condemning it as pro-Sri Lanka.
Ilayaraja said the students are planning to form an alliance across the state to intensify the protest against Sri Lankan atrocities against the Lankan Tamils and demanding separate Ealam for Sri lankan Tamils.
Meanwhile twenty-two law college students continued their hunger strike for the third day in front of hostel gate opposite Motcham theatre in Purusaiwalkam. A final year law college student A Kanagaraj was admitted to hospital as his condition deteriorated. He was shifted to Kilapauk Medical College.
Sixteen students from New College also joined the hunger strike in the evening. Loyola College students said students will start a signature campaign on Thursday, Williams Charles, Loyola College coordinator for Ealam Solidarity. “As students have taken up the issue against atrocities by Sri Lankan government, we want every Tamilian to protest against it,” he added.
Interestingly, the protests in colleges are happening when practicals for science subjects at under-graduation level is to begin from Thursday and it is likely it would be affected following the stir by students. The semester for the colleges is to begin from April 15 and following the strike, it is feared the teachers would have to rush to complete the syllabus.
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