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The announcement of Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University that it would confer honorary doctorates- Honoris Causa Degree- Doctor of Letters- to 2 politicians, who are among six individuals to person the honour, has raised eyebrows.
The database besides includes erstwhile Indian pacer from Bengaluru B.K. Venkatesh Prasad, who has been precocious elected arsenic the president of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), and euphony composer and filmmaker Arjun Janya.
The 2 politicians are Congress MLC K. Govindaraj, erstwhile governmental caput to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who was sacked successful the aftermath of the stampede that killed 11 persons during the celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru connected June 4, 2025, and B.M. Farooq, an industrialist from Mangaluru identified with the Janata Dal (Secular). He was an MLC from JD(S) for a term, elected successful 2018.
The different 2 recipients are Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri, and T.K. Narayanappa, educationist and president of Padmashree Group of Institutions.
Alva’s Nudisiri, an yearly literate and taste meet, has earlier been boycotted by respective progressive writers.
It tin beryllium recalled that Minister for Higher Education M.C. Sudhakar had precocious written to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot urging him to signifier an adept committee to framework guidelines for nationalist universities successful the State to grant honorary doctorates.
“Concerns person precocious been raised successful the nationalist domain and connected the level of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council regarding instances wherever aggregate universities person conferred honorary doctorates upon the aforesaid individual, and the lack of azygous criteria oregon limits governing specified conferments,” the Minister said successful the letter.
