Kerala Agricultural University: SFI protest over fee hike turns violent

Press Trust of India | October 28, 2025 | 05:59 PM IST | 1 min read

Kerala Agricultural University faces SFI protest over fee hike. The protest took place after a student of Government College of Agriculture in Vellayani discontinued his studies due to the fee hike.

Kerala Agricultural University (Source: Official website)
Kerala Agricultural University (Source: Official website)

THRISSUR: A protest staged by the activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) at the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) at Mannuthy here turned violent on Tuesday. The students' wing of the ruling CPI (M) took out the protest march against the fee hike in colleges under the university.

The police had to use a water cannon to disperse the agitators. The protest came amid reports that a degree student of the Government College of Agriculture in Vellayani discontinued his studies due to an exorbitant fee hike. SFI leadership said they would continue the protest until the university withdrew the fee hike.

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