Former Minister alleges conspiracy to scuttle formation of Jayalalithaa University
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C.Ve. Shanmugam stated the earlier authorities had introduced the formation of the college in Villupuram and recognized land for it, however there have been now plans afoot to forestall its institution
Former Minister and secretary of AIADMK north district unit, C.Ve. Shanmugam, on Monday alleged {that a} conspiracy was being hatched to forestall the institution of a ‘Jayalalithaa University’ in Villupuram, which was developed by the earlier AIADMK authorities. A Vice Chancellor had been appointed for the University on the fag finish of the Palaniswami authorities.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Shanmugam stated the college was introduced following the bifurcation of Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore. The space of jurisdiction of the brand new college was already finalised and the districts of Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi would come underneath its purview. The earlier authorities had additionally recognized a 70-acre parcel of land at Semmedu in Villupuram for the campus, he stated.
But now a conspiracy was underneath method to forestall the college’s formation and sabotage all of the initiatives taken by the federal government to make larger schooling obtainable to the downtrodden and weaker sections from these three districts, he charged.
“The DMK government should not entertain an opportunity for infusion of a narrow mindset only because the university was proposed by the previous AIADMK government. No attempt should be made to scuttle the formation of the university,” he stated.
It just isn’t a query of who developed the formation of the college: the goal of guaranteeing larger schooling to college students shouldn’t be disturbed at any value, he stated. “I do not know whether the Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudi, who hails from Villupuram district, was aware of such a move to sabotage the formation of the university,” he stated.
Mr. Shanmugam claimed that the Secretary to Higher Education D. Karthikeyan, who was shifted from the Highways and Minor Ports Department, was indulging in such a plan to forestall the formation of the college. The Vice-Chancellor was but to be allotted a car whereas the recruitment course of for the appointment of a Registrar has additionally been placed on maintain, he stated. The State authorities ought to instantly intervene and make sure the functioning of the college on the earliest, he added.
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