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The State authorities has directed banks to frost the accounts of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), wherever a three-day league connected Hindutva ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya commenced connected Wednesday successful defiance of authoritative instructions to cancel the event.
KSOU Vice-Chancellor Sharanappa V. Halase participated successful the inaugural relation of the conference, which was attended by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is besides Chancellor of the University.
Direction from govt.
The Department of Higher Education, successful a missive addressed to Prof. Halase connected Tuesday, had issued directions to cancel the lawsuit with contiguous effect, citing “protocol violation” implicit the assemblage being listed arsenic the “host institution”. This followed the rejection of the Vice-Chancellor’s mentation that the programme was a backstage lawsuit and that KSOU’s relation was constricted to providing the venue connected a rental basis.
The conference, titled “Ekatma Manav Darshan – Bharat’s Worldview,” marking 60 years of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’s lectures, has been organised by the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation and Prajna Pravah.
The league was virtually inaugurated astatine KSOU’s Convocation Hall connected Wednesday done a video connection by Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, aft Prof. Halase welcomed the gathering successful the beingness of Governor Gehlot and Suttur Mutt seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji.
Freeze account
The Department of Higher Education, which had earlier flagged that the taxable of the league was “inconsistent with the aims and objectives of the university”, has besides initiated steps to frost KSOU’s slope accounts.
Deputy Secretary to the Government (Universities) N. Kumar has written to the subdivision managers of HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, and State Bank of India successful Mysuru, directing them to frost each KSOU accounts held with their respective branches.
The authorities cited an ongoing probe by a one-man fact-finding committee headed by retired Karnataka High Court justice B.A. Patil into the alleged fiscal irregularities astatine KSOU arsenic the ground for its determination to frost the slope accounts.
‘To assistance inquiry’
“In bid to safeguard nationalist funds and guarantee the integrity of the inquiry, you are hereby requested to frost (debit freeze) each slope accounts of the university, including linked accounts, until further orders,” the connection to the banks stated.
Earlier successful the day, noted sculptor Arun Yogiraj inaugurated the accumulation organised arsenic portion of the league successful the beingness of Prof. Halase.
Meanwhile, convener of Prajna Pravah, Karnataka South, Pradeep Bharadwaj, said 640 delegates had registered for the conference, of whom 423 attended the event. A full of 170 papers are expected to beryllium presented during the three-day event.
