Event held in protest against suspension of students in Thrissur

After Sree Kerala Varma College in Thrissur, it was Maharaja’s College’s turn to throw its hat into the ring.

Protesting against the lynching of a man at Dadri accusing him of eating beef and the suspension of Sree Kerala Varma College students for organising a beef festival on their campus, Kerala Students Union (KSU) activists at Maharaja’s College on Tuesday organised a beef festival on the campus.

The event was based on a simple concept — to feed beef to as many members of the student community as possible.

The event, which took off at the Central Circle inside the campus, was inaugurated by Tambi Subramanyam, State secretary of the Youth Congress.

This was followed by distribution of cooked beef along with bread loaves to all those present on the campus.

“In a democracy, eating whatever one wants to is a personal choice. The intolerance towards an individual’s food habits is against the spirit of national unity and secularism, and the act of banning beef is a mode of discrimination against the already marginalised communities,” said Kishore K.V., a third year B.Sc Physics student, who played a key role in organising the festival.

The event received overwhelming response with several students taking part. The one-hour-long event passed off peacefully in the absence of any voice of dissent.