Indian students stage hunger strike over C’wealth meet

Four Indian law college students have started an indefinite hunger strike in Tiruchy on Monday urging the Central government to boycott the Commonwealth meet to be held in Sri Lanka in November.

The third year students of Government Law College were identified as N Pushparaj of Cuddalore, S Bharathi of Pudukkottai and T Kajendran and S Marimuthu of Tiruvarur. They started their indefinite protest on the college premises, Express news Service reported.

They condemned the anti-Tamil activities of the UPA government and urged it to skip the meeting scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.

Senthil Kumar (25), a diploma student of Pullambadi, was stopped by Fort range police when he tried to stage a hunger strike on the same issue.

The students of Law College in Tiruchy earlier staged protests urging the Centre to introduce an amendment in the US-sponsored resolution at the UNHCR on the Lankan Tamils issue seeking an international, independent probe into allegations of human rights violations during the military offensive against the LTTE.

Various political parties and pro-Tamil activists have been urging the Centre to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka, to protest against the island nation’s government.