The SFI continued to hold protests against the nominations of the members associated with different Sangh Parivar organisations to the senate of the University of Calicut. The SFI members marched to the university during the presence of the Chancellor to register their opposition against the nominations, now stayed by the Kerala High Court.

The SFI held a protest on December 21, preventing the other nominees of the Chancellor from entering the Senate hall of the Calicut University.

During the three-day visit of the chancellor, Arif Mohammed Khan, to the university campus, the SFI held black flag protests and released black balloons on December 18, accusing the governor in his capacity as the chancellor of the universities of saffronising the higher education institutions.

DYFI members burned the effigy of governor and chancellor Arif Mohammed Khan in protest against his attempts to saffronise the campuses.

The Chancellor instructed the university authorities and police to remove the banners put up by the SFI on the campus, but the SFI leaders led by P M Arsho and Anushree K, the secretary, and president of the Kerala unit restored the removed banners. The SFI members painted the roads with slogans around the campus, against the chancellor and the Sangh Parivar organisations for their attempts to suppress dissent.

The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) held protests at 2,000 centres against the provocative statements and actions of the chancellor.