Lovers at Pera. Uni. taken to task for hugging

By Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama  

A video is circulating on social media where two lovers of  Peradeniya University staged a protest hugging each other symbolically  in front of the Peradeniya University Senate building to show  displeasure for taking disciplinary action against them for hugging each  other at the Sanatana Mandira premises.  

They staged the protest by way of a drama by hugging each other to show the Marshal officers what the meaning of real love is.  

The male student claimed that the Marshal’s officer had  insulted them in a defamatory and derogatory tone and taken his student  card.   

The protest was organized to symbolize the freedom a  university student should have to love in any space and as an art  performance.  

However, the protest was held against the abominable  incident of violation of the rights of the couple by the disciplinary  officers who stormed the scene.  

Several attempts to contact the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Peradeniya University, Prof. W. M. T. Madhujith, were unsuccessful.  

Meanwhile, commenting on the video on Facebook, former Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said, “It seems that  Peradeniya is getting rid of all kinds of cultural policies and becoming  Peradeniya again. Let’s send our love and respect to this brave young  couple”.  

According to the official notice issued by the university’s  official website, the Marshals Office was established to assist the  university administration in the maintenance of discipline among the  students of the university and to report to the proctor regarding such  acts of indiscipline as if an offence against the by-laws or the laws of  the country had been committed by any student.