THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University has postponed its MCA, MBA exams scheduled on Friday after the state government advanced the local holiday for Pongal festival by a day. The exams will be held on January 19 and 28, respectively.
Districts sharing their border with Tamil Nadu were given a local holiday on Pongal day. While the calendar of the government had declared a holiday for the festival on Saturday, the calendars of Tamil Nadu government and Centre had marked a holiday on Friday.
“The local holiday on account of Thypongal has been advanced by a day, from Saturday to Friday, following the request submitted by Tamil Protection Council,” said a government order in this regard. As per the order, Friday will be a local holiday for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Palakkad and Wayanad.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin tweeted that he too had written to Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, requesting him to continue the practice of declaring a local holiday on January 14 (Thai-1) for Pongal in the six districts of Kerala where Tamils live in large numbers.
Later, Vijayan tweeted thanking Stalin for bringing to his attention the need to declare January 14 as holiday in the bordering districts.
