Students at the Eastern University boycotted lessons for the third day on Saturday, protesting against the appointment of a paramilitary backed appointment of Dr Jaffer to the university's governing council, reports TamilNet.
Dr Jaffer, the director of the Kalmunai Base hospital is reported to be backed by the paramilitary leader come Sri Lankan deputy minister, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (Karuna).
TamilNet reports that the Vice Chancellor of the Eastern University, Professor K. Gobinarajah, said the university was 'helpless to political appointments made to its governing council by Colombo.
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