NSS chief’s daughter steps down Syndicate
The Hindu
To avoid controversies in future: Nair
Amidst a raging fight between the Nair Service Society (NSS) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF), S. Sujatha, daughter of the NSS general secretary G. Sukumaran Nair, on Monday resigned as a Syndicate member of the Mahatma Gandhi University. According to Mr. Nair, the decision to resign from the post was aimed at avoiding controversies in the future. “While it was the UDF government that first nominated my daughter to the university Syndicate, the LDF government retained her place in the panel. Both the governments had nominated her to the committee as an educationist based on her qualifications,” he said.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.