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A massive controversy erupted in Kerala after the Communist Party of India-Marxist led students union in University of Kerala proposed to name the institution's annual youth festival as intifada, an Arabic term used to refer to Palestinian resistance against Israel.e)..
In the complaint, ABVP's state secretary EU Eswaraprasad had said that following the Centre's ban on radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) and its students' wing Campus Front of India (CFI), several social media handles belonging to the CFI had changed their name as Intifada to evade attention of the security agencies...
Following the ABVP complaint, the university vice chancellor had sought an explanation from the students' union, which said that naming the festival was within its domain, and was in reaction to the Israeli military action that has been devastating Gaza...
According to the Indian Express report, the university's vice chancellor has asked the registrar, students' union and director of students services to ensure compliance with the directive, warning that failure to do so will be 'viewed seriously. ..
Adding that the festival is not a place for protest, the vice chancellor said that the union committed a mistake by choosing a word that has connotations that could affect many among the students and the public, the report quoted him as saying...
