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According to the management of Sree Kerala Varma College, the action was taken against the students, all activists of Students Federation of India, for serving beef inside the campus violating disciplinary rules of the institution. DH file photo. For representation purpose

Six students of a leading government-aided college here have been suspended for allegedly conducting a ’beef festival’ inside the campus to protest against the lynching of a man in Uttar Pradesh over rumours of eating beef.

According to the management of Sree Kerala Varma College, the action was taken against the students, all activists of Students Federation of India, for serving beef inside the campus violating disciplinary rules of the institution.

The activists of SFI, the students’ wing of CPI(M), had allegedly distributed beef and bread to students on October 1 as a symbolic protest against the beef ban initiated in some states and the gruesome killing of 50-year-old Iqlak, who was lynched at Dadri over beef eating rumours.

College Principal, C M Latha, said non-vegetarian dishes are not served within the college even during official functions and she had warned SFI activists not to distribute beef as it was against the custom of the institution.

"We are not against students’ protests. But, in this case, I had warned students not to distribute beef within the campus and advised them to conduct the protest outside the college premises if they are so particular to do so," she told PTI.

"Our college has a tradition of not serving non-vegetarian dishes even for official functions. So, the management felt that it was not fair to distribute beef within the campus," she said.

The activists of SFI and ABVP, students’ wing of BJP, had even clashed with each other over the conduct of the ’festival’ the same day.

ABVP activists, who opposed the fest, were allegedly beaten up SFI members and police registered FIR against 12 ’unidentified’ students in this regard. Latha said the action was taken also based on the news photos of the day and the police FIR.

The period of suspension would be decided by the disciplinary council of the college later, she added.

Founded by Maharaja of erstwhile Kochi state, Sree Kerala Varma College is now managed by Cochin Devaswom Board, an autonomous organisation under the state government.

NDA to ban cow slaughter in Bihar if it wins: Sushil Modi

 
’The forthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar is going to be a direct contest between those who justify beef eating and those seeking effective ban on cow slaughter....we, on our part, promise to frame an effective legislation to totally ban cow slaughter in the state if the NDA comes to power,’ he said in a statement. PTI file photo

Latching on to the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s controversial remarks that the ’Hindus too eat beef’, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today promised to frame a legislation to ban cow slaughter in the state if NDA comes to power in Bihar Assembly elections.

"The forthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar is going to be a direct contest between those who justify beef eating and those seeking effective ban on cow slaughter....we, on our part, promise to frame an effective legislation to totally ban cow slaughter in the state if the NDA comes to power," he said in a statement.

Such a stringent law banning cow slaughter in Bihar would be framed in line of legislations in place in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Gujarat among others, Sushil Modi said, adding that though Bihar had a law banning slaughter of cows below 14 years of age, the same had not been effectively implemented by successive governments.

In Bihar, cows of tender age were being slaughtered despite having legislation against it, he claimed, adding that the NDA government would prevent cow slaughter and take steps for protection of the sacred animal in order to ensure that those rearing cows become prosperous.

The senior BJP leader claimed that thousands of animals used to be brought to Sonepur fair by trains from across the country and transported to Assam and other North-East states before being transported across the border for slaughter, which Sushil Modi said, he had banned when he was a minister.

The NDA government at the Centre has also saved lives of lakhs of cows by preventing smuggling of animals to neighbouring country, the former deputy chief minister said.

He expressed dismay at the RJD supremo sticking to his remarks that the ’Hindus too eat beef’ and questioned Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s stony silence on Prasad’s controversial remarks.

In an apparent bid to drag the chief minister in the raging controversy over the RJD supremo’s remarks, the senior BJP leader claimed that Kumar had insulted crores of Hindus by keeping mum on the issue.