The Plus One higher secondary seat issue reared its head at a meeting of worker, youth, and women’s organisations convened by Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty in connection with school reopening here on Saturday.
It was the Muslim Students’ Federation (MSF) that raised the issue of shortage of Plus One seats in Malabar at the meeting. The discontent over the seat shortage was driven home by MSF State secretary Noufal who protested by holding aloft a white t-shirt with the message ‘45,530 seats are Malabar’s right...Malabar is a part of Kerala.’
Mr. Noufal stressed that he was highlighting students’ problems in connection with Plus One admission. He was evicted from the hall where the meeting was under way. He continued his protest outside, following which the Cantonment police arrested him and removed him from the spot.
