SOCIALIST YOUTH UNION WANTS LAW COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM PROBED

The campaign against the alleged Law College entrance examination racket escalated yesterday with the Socialist Youth Union urging the authorities to address the issue.

Issuing a statement alleging that there was a disproportionate increase in the number of successful Tamil medium stu- dents, creating doubts about a possible leak of the examination papers, the union said that, though the adversely affected students had protested for more than a week, the Law College, the Department of Examinations, and the government had continued to keep mum over the issue.

The union said that such a disproportionate increase in the number of successful Tamil medium students within a matter of two years was not a natural phenomenon and, therefore,

The government’s intervention to resolve this problem is minimal. It gives rise to speculation that the examination racket took place with the connivance of the top brass of the government

investigations should be made to find out what had happened. They urged the authorities concerned to take action against those responsible.

They said, “The government’s intervention to resolve this problem is minimal. It gives rise to speculation that the examination racket took place with the connivance of the top brass of the government. Or else, the government remains silent to inflame communal tensions for political ends.”