u2018 Why is Mrs. Somaiya working with TISS?u2019 Students term Kirit Somaiyau2019s comments as attempt to gain mileage, wifeu2019s appointment as Tata Chair Professor an attempt to u2018 infiltrate the campusu2019 Continued from page 01 IN half- a- dozen recent instances, the same set of fanatic radical people are seen. We are only concerned about those. A common factor among them is TISS,u201d Somaiya told mid- day. He added that all such students belong to the Students Federation of India ( SFI) and that any organisation supporting Imam is a matter of concern. u201c Any studentsu2019 organisation has a limited role and certainly has no business commenting on democracy or issue press statements supporting Imam. As an individual they may, but not as studentsu2019 councils.u201d Students said that his comments are an attempt to gain lost political mileage. They also pointed to discrepancies in Medhau2019s appointment, calling it a well- planned infiltration of BJP functionaries after they came to power in the state.

Somaiya, who is the vice president of Maharashtra BJP, had termed the TISS Studentsu2019 Union as u2018 Urban Naxalite Radical Leftist Unionu2019 and said that he will seek police action against them based on u2018 evidenceu2019 he has.