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`Evolve consensus on admissions issue'

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Desist from attempts to vitiate atmosphere: Chennithala

KOZHIKODE: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala said the LDF Government should try to reach a consensus on the self-financing colleges issue.

Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, he said the Government should desist from attempts to vitiate the atmosphere in the self-financing colleges issue. Mr. Chennithala, in a reference to the Government stand to go in appeal against the Kerala High Court verdict against the Kerala Professional Colleges Act, 2006, said the Government should not play with the future of the students by taking legal steps. It should show more maturity, he said adding that the Government should not make higher education inaccessible to poor students.

He said the UDF was against the `exorbitant fees' being levied by self-financing colleges. It favoured 50:50 Government and Management seats and fee for professional courses. The UDF was not happy with the verdict and had earlier pointed out that the Act would not stand scrutiny. The "unconstitutional" law suffered a natural death, he said. The UDF will take its stand after knowing the approach of the Government.

He said the KPCC would organise a dharna before the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on January 16 in protest against suicide by farmers and the deteriorating law and order situation.

Mr. Chennithala said the situation in the SNC Lavalin case was such that "the accused himself" was the person to decide on the probe.

Mr. Chennithala said the Vigilance probe by Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who was unofficial member of the KSEB Board at the time of signing the "controversial agreement," was "an attempt to sabotage the case." The CPI(M) Polit Bureau should come out with a reply in the matter. Though three letters were sent to CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on the issue, no reply was forthcoming, Mr. Chennithala alleged.

He alleged that it was perhaps the first instance of the "Government using money to wrap up a case."

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