University stir: Left parties urge Prez to intervene

Left parties today sought the intervention of the President to settle demands of students of Pondicherry University, who have been agitating for the past eight days, demanding removal of the Vice Chancellor for 'administrative chaos' and 'violation of human rights'.
CPI Secretary R Viswanathan, his counterpart in CPI(M) R Rajangam and CPI(ML) District Secretary G Palani signed a petition faxed to the President, pleading for a judicial probe into the lathicharge on protesting students.
The petition, a copy of which was distributed to reporters, urged the President to intervene expeditiously and remove the VC Chandra Krishnamoorthy from the post.
It alleged that VC had plagiarised works of other authors in a book.

The petition referred to the students demands, including adequate hostel facilities and reduction in tuition fees.
The left parties sought 'appropriate action' against the police officers who were responsible for the lathicharge against the students and demanded a judicial probe into this incident.