Governor’s office writes to govt. again to lift freeze on KSOU bank accounts

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The accounts were frozen aft  the varsity hosted an lawsuit   ‘Ekatma Manava Darshan-Bharat’s World View’ successful  March. It was organised to people    60 years of Hindutva ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya’s lectures for 3  days.

The accounts were frozen aft the varsity hosted an lawsuit ‘Ekatma Manava Darshan-Bharat’s World View’ successful March. It was organised to people 60 years of Hindutva ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya’s lectures for 3 days. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

The Lok Bhavan Karnataka, the Governor’s office, has written to the State authorities for the 2nd clip requesting it to assistance the frost connected the slope accounts of the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru.

The accounts were frozen aft the varsity hosted an lawsuit ‘Ekatma Manava Darshan-Bharat’s World View” successful March marking 60 years of Hindutva ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya’s lectures for 3 days connected the KSOU field and the Vice-Chancellor was successful the hosting committee.

In his letter, R. Prabhu Shankar, Special Secretary to Governor, said that the Governor and Chancellor of the assemblage has been made alert that the Branch Manager, State Bank of India (SBI) has informed the assemblage that each the slope accounts of the assemblage person been debit freezed successful compliance with the directions issued by the government.

“As observed earlier, the absorption assumes the quality of a premature, punitive, and disproportionate measure, which has the effect of paralysing the functioning of the university. Freezing of slope accounts straight impacts world activities, outgo of salaries, disbursement of scholarships, and discharge of statutory obligations, thereby earnestly prejudicing the interests of students, faculty, and the nationalist astatine large,” helium said.

He asked the authorities to retreat the connection issued to the slope and nonstop an enactment taken study successful compliance with the absorption of the Governor astatine the earliest.

This contented was raised by the Congress legislators successful the Legislative Council, pursuing which the Higher Education Department had issued a show-cause announcement to the Vice-Chancellor Sharanappa V. Halse. Deeming the reply fixed by the Vice-Chancellor arsenic satisfactory, the section communicated to the banks wherever the assemblage has accounts and requested to frost them.

Earlier, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot had besides written to Higher Education Minister M.C. Sudhakar directing it to initiate measures to assistance the frost connected the slope accounts.

Published - May 08, 2026 08:34 p.m. IST

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