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Students protest campus ban on Onam

Students made Pookkalam (floral pattern) and sang Onam songs in front an engineering college principal's room to register their protest against a ban by the college management on Onam celebrations on the campus.
The Muslim management of the AWH Engineering College at Kuttikattoor had prohibited Onam celebrations on the campus following reports that some senior students had collected money in the name of Onam celebrations last year and were found 'misbehaving'. The students stated that no educational institution in the State had prohibited Onam celebration. They also said they had planned to arrange Pookkalams in every classroom. "Every Malayalee has the right to celebrate the festival, irrespective of caste and creed," a student said.
College principal Ahammed Kutty reportedly said that junior students were subjected to ragging during such celebrations and that the college authorities wanted to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
AWH secretary Muhammed said the management did not propose any action against the students who arranged the flower carpet in front of the Principal's room on Wednesday." The decision to ban such celebrations is only to uphold college discipline "said the principal.