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By hampering the assignment of Vice-Chancellors to State Universities, Governor R. N. Ravi is obstructing the maturation of the universities and the colleges affiliated, Assembly Speaker M. Appavu has said.
During an informal chat with the reporters aft participating successful the communal feast organised astatine Sri Nellaiyappar Gandhimathi Ambal Temple present connected Tuesday, Mr. Appavu said the hunt panels for Vice-Chancellors, which would beryllium constituted arsenic per the statutes of the universities, would person the representatives of the Governor, Syndicate Committee, and the State government.
The hunt committee, upon receiving applications from the aspirants, would shortlist the candidates and taxable it to the Governor. Hence, the UGC had nary relation successful the VC enactment arsenic being claimed by the Governor.
“The Supreme Court has adjacent ruled that the authorities has the close to prime the VCs portion the UGC had nary relation successful it. Governor R. N. Ravi, who is already sitting connected a fig of Bills passed by the Assembly, is preventing the assignment of Vice-Chancellors to the universities arsenic per the statutes of universities, which has earnestly impacted the maturation of these acquisition institutions and the affiliated colleges. While the Centre refuses to merchandise funds to T.N., the Governor is acting against the payment of the State,” Mr. Appavu said.
The Speaker said the UGC, which was releasing grants to the universities and the colleges arsenic per the rankings, had stopped doing this premier work aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office.
“The UGC has been transformed into a assemblage that feeds the ideologies of a peculiar assemblage to the universities and the colleges, which is dangerous,” Mr. Appavu said.
Asked astir Congress person Rahul Gandhi being prevented from raising the contented of Chinese incursion successful Parliament, the Speaker said Mr. Gandhi was conscionable quoting the observations of erstwhile service main M.M. Naravane from his unreleased memoir, which was checked by the Speaker, Ministers, and BJP MPs. If the authorities had thing to hide, a Joint Parliamentary Committee should person been formed to sojourn the Indian territory allegedly nether the Chinese control.
“After the 1962 Indo–Chinese war, determination was nary large clash betwixt the 2 countries until Mr. Modi became the PM arsenic we mislaid 20 soldiers successful Galwan vale clash. The federation has each close to cognize astir nationalist information and hence Mr. Gandhi should person been allowed to speak,” helium said.
On U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff simplification from 25% to 18% connected Indian goods and his announcement of zero tariff connected imports from the U.S., the Speaker said: “India’s commercialized and overseas policies are unilaterally decided by the U.S.”
